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authorRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>2020-08-31 02:43:54 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-09-09 19:36:39 +0200
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Documentation: submit-checklist: add clean builds for new Documentation
Add to Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst that patch submitters should run "make htmldocs" and verify that any Documentation/ changes (patches) are clean (no new warnings/errors). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/cf5bbdf5-03ff-0606-a6d4-ca196d90aee9@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
c) Builds successfully when using ``O=builddir``
+ d) Any Documentation/ changes build successfully without new warnings/errors.
+ Use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the build and
+ fix any issues.
+
3) Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
or some other build farm.