From 67972a539e9ff1a3ed794c463c4e544442df693e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Corbet Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:48:36 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add a warning to applying-patches.rst 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. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab 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 note:: + + This document is obsolete.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 -- 2.39.2