Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] Remove XML files from gdbserver

[Alan Hayward <Alan.Hayward@arm.com>]

> On 24 Jan 2018, at 10:57, Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> I am failing to apply your patch series to the latest gdb sources. Apparently, your patch series needs a re-base over most recent gdb sources as there has not been a commit since these patches have been posted.
> 
> Generally its a good idea to generate patches using git format-patch and send patches using git send-email. Patches need to be based off the most recent gdb commit that is available at the time of sending them for review. If you use git format-patch to generate patches from your local commits it would become very easy for a reviewer to just apply those patches using "git apply" in their local branches.
> 
> Kindly post a patchset that works with a known version of gdb sources in order for your patches to be tested/reviewed upstream.
> 

That’s odd.
My patches were based off yesterday’s head (d820e164e4baccacd8d4e7e3761ec547402ae828).
I’ve just rebased my git to the latest head, and I got no conflicts or merge warnings.
Looking at the diff from then until now, I can’t see any files that my patch touches.
Happy to repost my rebased patches in the same way, but I suspect that’s not the issue.

I’ve probably got something missing/wrong in the upper parts of of the email.

Were you having trouble with a particular patch or was it all of them?
Also, how are you getting the patch email from your email client to git?

I’m sending mails by opening my mail client, writing my comments, then copy/pasting the contents
of a diff downloaded from a local reviewboard. That diff looks identical to a git format-patch or git diff.
I’ve tried applying the first patch of the series to the latest head using both my patch file and contents
of the email, and both work for me.

I’ve just tested git send-mail, and it looks like I need to do some messing around to get that working.
I can look at getting that working.

In the meantime, I’ve pushed this branch to gdb with all my commits:
remotes/origin/users/ahayward/xml

Thanks,
Alan.