Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S941547AbcJZXU0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:20:26 -0400 Received: from tex.lwn.net ([70.33.254.29]:33797 "EHLO vena.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936365AbcJZXUM (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:20:12 -0400 From: Jonathan Corbet To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jani Nikula , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Jonathan Corbet Subject: [PATCH 11/11] docs: Add a warning to applying-patches.rst Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:19:39 -0600 Message-Id: <1477523979-5837-12-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1477523979-5837-1-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net> References: <1477523979-5837-1-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 906 Lines: 25 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. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) 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 note:: + + This document is obsolete.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 -- 2.7.4