Re: Missing File REPORTING-BUGS In Linux Kernel.

[Keith Christian]

Randy Dunlap said:

    In v4.10, the file was moved (and renamed and edited) to
    "Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst".

    I suppose that some Debian install script needs to be updated.





Kernel hackers,

Thanks for all the work over the years on the kernel.  My very first
post to the list (as a long time reader) is a question:

Were other plain text files changed to .rst as well?

Is there a link to the discussion for changing to .rst?

There is a convention for keeping essential documentation in a simple
format that can be read without additional processing.  Where are we
going with this?


Keith

On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 8:52 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 05/07/17 19:17, Anil Nair wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Could not find the proper person hence putting it in general mailing
>> list, A file named "REPORTING-BUGS" is missing in the current release
>> of the linux kernel i.e. v4.11.
>>
>> I found this is when using debian tools to compile a latest release
>> using command,
>>
>> "fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=1.0.AN kernel_image kernel_headers -j 4"
>>
>> The error i received was,
>>
>> "install -p    -o root -g root  -m  644 REPORTING-BUGS
>>  /home/anilnair/linux-kernel/linux-stable/debian/linux-headers-4.11.0anilnair-07650-ga1be8ed-dirty/usr/share/doc/linux-headers-4.11.0anilnair-07650-ga1be8ed-dirty/
>> install: cannot stat 'REPORTING-BUGS': No such file or directory
>> debian/ruleset/targets/headers.mk:40: recipe for target
>> 'debian/stamp/install/linux-headers-4.11.0anilnair-07650-ga1be8ed-dirty'
>> failed
>> make[1]: *** [debian/stamp/install/linux-headers-4.11.0anilnair-07650-ga1be8ed-dirty]
>> Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/anilnair/linux-kernel/linux-stable'
>> debian/ruleset/local.mk:102: recipe for target 'kernel_headers' failed
>> make: *** [kernel_headers] Error 2"
>>
>> Though I could find the same file in linux kernel v4.8.6.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> In v4.10, the file was moved (and renamed and edited) to
> "Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst".
>
> I suppose that some Debian install script needs to be updated.
>
> thanks.
> --
> ~Randy