Re: [PATCH v16 03/20] libtasn1: disable code not needed in grub

[Gary Lin]

On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 04:14:54PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 11:07:31AM +0800, Gary Lin wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 05:18:32PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 01:06:55PM +0800, Gary Lin wrote:
> > > > From: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
> > > >
> > > > We don't expect to be able to write ASN.1, only read it,
> > > > so we can disable some code.
> > > >
> > > > Do that with #if 0/#endif, rather than deletion. This means
> > > > that the difference between upstream and grub is smaller,
> > > > which should make updating libtasn1 easier in the future.
> > > >
> > > > With these exclusions we also avoid the need for minmax.h,
> > > > which is convenient because it means we don't have to
> > > > import it from gnulib.
> > >
> > > This and two following patches should be put in separate files in the
> > > grub-core/lib/libtasn1-patches directory. The gnulib is good example
> > > how it should be done.
> > >
> > Those patches are added to libtasn1-patches in another patch with the
> > title "libtasn1: Add the documentation" which mentions how libtasn1 is
> > updated.
> 
> OK, then use them as gnulib does. Of course add the patches one by one
> to the GRUB source code.
> 
Does it mean that I should use bootstrap to check out libtasn1 and then
apply the patches?

Gary Lin