document patches

15 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/patches/diskfs_no_inherit_dir_group.patch b/debian/patches/diskfs_no_inherit_dir_group.patch
index acb5e517..8d17f3e0 100644
--- a/debian/patches/diskfs_no_inherit_dir_group.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/diskfs_no_inherit_dir_group.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Follow POSIX rules for gid of new nodes.
 ---
  opts-common.c |    2 +-
  libdiskfs/init-init.c |    3 +++
diff --git a/debian/patches/ext2fs_large_stores.patch b/debian/patches/ext2fs_large_stores.patch
index 2da3a4d7..53b9e381 100644
--- a/debian/patches/ext2fs_large_stores.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/ext2fs_large_stores.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Support for >2GB volumes
 ---
  console/pager.c          |   10 
  ext2fs/balloc.c          |   57 +++--
diff --git a/debian/patches/extern_inline_fix.patch b/debian/patches/extern_inline_fix.patch
index 8ff4f0bb..8423de30 100644
--- a/debian/patches/extern_inline_fix.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/extern_inline_fix.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Use libc's __extern_inline which works properly according to optimization flags
 ---
  libdiskfs/diskfs.h          |   17 ++++++----
  libpipe/pipe.h              |   74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
diff --git a/debian/patches/hurd_console_startup.patch b/debian/patches/hurd_console_startup.patch
index ed601235..8e9301c8 100644
--- a/debian/patches/hurd_console_startup.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/hurd_console_startup.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Automatically startup the hurd console when enabled.
 ---
  daemons/runsystem.sh |   14 ++++++++++++++
  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/debian/patches/init_try_runsystem.gnu.patch b/debian/patches/init_try_runsystem.gnu.patch
index a8f8afa0..817a6d84 100644
--- a/debian/patches/init_try_runsystem.gnu.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/init_try_runsystem.gnu.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Also try runsystem.gnu
 ---
  daemons/console-run.c |    7 +++++++
  init/init.c           |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
diff --git a/debian/patches/libdiskfs-rename.patch b/debian/patches/libdiskfs-rename.patch
index 06d631e8..2809e562 100644
--- a/debian/patches/libdiskfs-rename.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/libdiskfs-rename.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Avoid a mutex deadlock by simply preventing '.' or '..' in source or target
+operands.
 ---
  libdiskfs/dir-rename.c |    5 +++++
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/debian/patches/libpthread_recursive_mutex_initializer.patch b/debian/patches/libpthread_recursive_mutex_initializer.patch
index c6e3e536..9b0f8d9c 100644
--- a/debian/patches/libpthread_recursive_mutex_initializer.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/libpthread_recursive_mutex_initializer.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Provide more mutex initializers
 ---
  libpthread/include/pthread/pthread.h              |    2 ++
  libpthread/sysdeps/generic/bits/mutex-attr.h      |    1 +
diff --git a/debian/patches/makedev.diff b/debian/patches/makedev.diff
index 5a02214d..f53320c5 100644
--- a/debian/patches/makedev.diff
+++ b/debian/patches/makedev.diff
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Do not create the shm node since Marcus' SHM implementation uses a directory
+there.
 ---
  sutils/MAKEDEV.sh |    2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/debian/patches/procfs.patch b/debian/patches/procfs.patch
index 76a70469..5fabf133 100644
--- a/debian/patches/procfs.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/procfs.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Madhusudan's experimental procfs server for Linux-like /proc
 ---
  Makefile                     |    2 
  procfs/ChangeLog             |  161 ++++++++++
diff --git a/debian/patches/rc.patch b/debian/patches/rc.patch
index e33dbaa0..228bb349 100644
--- a/debian/patches/rc.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/rc.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+More debianish rc scripts
 ---
  daemons/rc.sh |   43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/debian/patches/runsystem_setup_pflocal.patch b/debian/patches/runsystem_setup_pflocal.patch
index 24ce5ac4..cd5a79eb 100644
--- a/debian/patches/runsystem_setup_pflocal.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/runsystem_setup_pflocal.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Automatically setup local sockets if not already done so. Needed early for shell
+pipelines.
 ---
  daemons/runsystem.sh |    6 ++++++
  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/debian/patches/startup-usr-support.patch b/debian/patches/startup-usr-support.patch
index 5acfd638..9281ec29 100644
--- a/debian/patches/startup-usr-support.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/startup-usr-support.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Debian GNU/Hurd has a real /usr
 ---
  daemons/rc.sh        |    2 +-
  daemons/runsystem.sh |    2 +-
diff --git a/debian/patches/tmp_exec_startup.patch b/debian/patches/tmp_exec_startup.patch
index 00b238ad..0c77b16d 100644
--- a/debian/patches/tmp_exec_startup.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/tmp_exec_startup.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Also try /tmp/exec as it's used for installation.
 ---
  libdiskfs/boot-start.c |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/debian/patches/ttys.patch b/debian/patches/ttys.patch
index ba9b4937..eed10854 100644
--- a/debian/patches/ttys.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/ttys.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Add Marcus' console ttys.
 ---
  config/ttys |    6 ++++++
  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/debian/patches/uptime_w_path_fix.patch b/debian/patches/uptime_w_path_fix.patch
index 349e8470..3d5f1c39 100644
--- a/debian/patches/uptime_w_path_fix.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/uptime_w_path_fix.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Debian has a real /usr
 ---
  utils/uptime.sh |    2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)