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| author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-10-26 16:48:36 -0600 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-10-27 16:38:29 -0600 |
| commit | 67972a539e9ff1a3ed794c463c4e544442df693e (patch) | |
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| parent | 31b24bee33572031632c33091bb73ed0e949c53a (diff) | |
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docs: Add a warning to applying-patches.rst
This is ancient stuff and we don't do things this way anymore. In the
absence of simply deleting the document, at least add a warning to it.
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst index abd7dc7ae240..87825cf96f33 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Original by: Last update: 2016-09-14 +.. note:: + + This document is obsolete. In most cases, rather than using ``patch`` + manually, you'll almost certainly want to look at using Git instead. A frequently asked question on the Linux Kernel Mailing List is how to apply a patch to the kernel or, more specifically, what base kernel a patch for |