How do you remove unneeded patch files?

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

Erwin Lansing wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 02:41:04PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
>>  I'm working on a port upgrade.  The existing port has a number of patch 
>>  files in FILESDIR that are no longer needed.  (The changes they made have 
>>  been incorporated into the distro.)  What's the appropriate way to submit 
>>  those changes?  Normally, a send-pr submission will contain the patches for 
>>  existing port files.  There is no patch for these.  They need to be removed.
>>
>>  I could do this:  diff -Naur files/original_patch_file files/empty_file, but 
>>  I don't know if that removes the file or simply replaces it with an empty 
>>  one.
>>
> The result of using that patch would be an empty file.  This is also
> alright to submit it that way, but as a courtesy to the committer (and
> also to make sure he doesn't forget) it would be good to mention in the
> PR that file/xyz and files/abc should be removed completely.

You really should be unambiguous and clear in explaining that the files 
are to be deleted.  I have had a couple of experiences where ports I 
maintain did not have the files deleted, and I had to remind the committer.

Stephen