[PATCH v2] Add steps to test Newlib patch.

Vaibhav Gupta vaibhavgupta40 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 19 13:56:34 UTC 2019


Is it okay to push it??

--Vaibhav Gupta

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 8:14 PM Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Update the checksum to be used for the Newlib patches.
> Earlier it was msd5, but it is depreciated for security
> reasons. Now RSB accepts sha512.
> ---
>  user/rsb/project-sets.rst | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/user/rsb/project-sets.rst b/user/rsb/project-sets.rst
> index 5ffce26..b01857e 100644
> --- a/user/rsb/project-sets.rst
> +++ b/user/rsb/project-sets.rst
> @@ -261,17 +261,46 @@ in the ``source-builder/config`` template
> configuration files.
>  To test a patch simply copy it to your local ``patches`` directory. The
> RSB
>  will see the patch is present and will not attempt to download it. Once
> you are
>  happy with the patch submit it to the project and a core developer will
> review
> -it and add it to the RTEMS Tools git repository.  For example, to test a
> local
> -patch for newlib, add the following two lines to the .cfg file in
> -``rtems/config/tools/`` that is included by the bset you use:
> +it and add it to the RTEMS Tools git repository.
> +
> +Testing a Newlib Patch
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +To test a local patch for newlib, you need to add the following
> +two lines to the ``.cfg`` file in ``rsb/rtems/config/tools/`` that is
> included
> +by the bset you use:
> +
> +.. topic:: Steps:
> +
> +  1. Create patches for the changes you want to test. (Note: For RSB,
> before
> +     creating Newlib patch, you must run ``autoreconf -fvi`` in the
> required
> +     directory after you make changes to the code. This is not required
> when
> +     you create patch to send to ``newlib-devel``. But if you want RSB to
> +     address your changes, your patch should also include regenerated
> files.)
> +
> +  2. Calculate ``sha512`` of your patch.
> +
> +  3. Place the patches in ``rsb/rtems/patches`` directory.
> +
> +  4. Open the ``.bset`` file used by your BSP in ``rsb/rtems/config``.
> +     For example, for ``rtems5``, ``SPARC``, the file will be
> +     ``rsb/rtems/config/5/rtems-sparc.bset``.
> +
> +  5. Inside it you will find the name of ``.cfg`` file for Newlib, used by
> +     your BSP.
> +     For example, I found ``tools/rtems-gcc-7.4.0-newlib-1d35a003f``.
> +
> +  6. Edit your ``.cfg`` file. In my case it will be,
> +     ``rsb/rtems/config/tools/rtems-gcc-7.4.0-newlib-1d35a003f.cfg``. And
> +     add the information about your patch as mentioned below.
>
>  .. code-block:: spec
>
> -    %patch add newlib file://0001-this-is-a-newlib-patch.patch   <1>
> -    %hash md5 0001-this-is-a-newlib-patch.diff
> 77d070878112783292461bd6e7db17fb <2>
> +    %patch add newlib -p1 file://0001-Port-ndbm.patch <1>
> +    %hash sha512 0001-Port-ndbm.patch
> 7d999ceeea4f3dc82e8e0aadc09d983a7a68b44470da8a3d61ab6fc558fdba6f2c2de3acc2f32c0b0b97fcc9ab799c27e87afe046544a69519881f947e7881d1
> <2>
>
>  .. topic:: Items:
>
>    1. The diff file prepended with ``file://`` to tell RSB this is a local
> file.
>
> -  2. The output from md5sum on the diff file.
> +  2. The output from sha512sum on the patch file.
>
> --
> 2.21.0
>
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