[Buildroot] [PATCH] libxml2: Add patch to remove weak symbol trickery

[Yann E. MORIN]

Maarten, All,

On 2014-10-06 01:29 +0200, Maarten ter Huurne spake thusly:
> On Sunday 05 October 2014 19:35:57 Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:38:45 +0200, Maarten ter Huurne wrote:
> > > This avoids runtime problems when linking libpthread statically and it
> > > fixes compilation with musl libc.
> > > 
> > > The patch is based on this one:
> > >   https://github.com/sabotage-linux/sabotage/blob/master/KEEP/libxml2-pt
> > >   hread.patch> 
> > > I added the configure modification to ensure that libxml-2.0.pc will
> > > list libpthread as a private dependency.
> > 
> > Missing SoB line.
> 
> Is there a policy for including 3rd party patches? In this case the fragment 
> I took from Sabotage Linux only removes code, so I don't think there could 
> be any copyright issues there (no creativity involved), but in general would 
> my SoB line be sufficient or would I need one from the 3rd party author as 
> well?

When using a patch from somewhere else:
  - take the patch as-is,
  - add to the description of that patch the URL where you got it: an
    upstream commit, a bug-tracker, a mailing...
  - add your own SoB line.

That way, proper attribution is done, both for the original author(s)
and you.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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