2013-05-22 08:42:31

by Ben Minerds

Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Updated broken link in HOWTO

Updated broken "The Perfect Patch" link in HOWTO to a copy at kerneltrap.org.

Signed-off-by: Ben Minerds <[email protected]>

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Documentation/HOWTO | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO
index a9f288f..27faae3 100644
--- a/Documentation/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/HOWTO
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ required reading:

Other excellent descriptions of how to create patches properly are:
"The Perfect Patch"
- http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
+ http://kerneltrap.org/node/3737
"Linux kernel patch submission format"
http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html

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1.8.1.2

2013-05-22 15:18:52

by Greg KH

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Updated broken link in HOWTO

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 06:42:07PM +1000, Ben Minerds wrote:
> Updated broken "The Perfect Patch" link in HOWTO to a copy at kerneltrap.org.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Minerds <[email protected]>

That's fine, but how about we put that document into the Documentation
directory? That would make it easier to point people to, and we
wouldn't rely on random web servers to stay alive.

thanks,

greg k-h