Hi!
On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 21:41:57 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011, Bastian Blank wrote:
I don't know whether I'm going to accept this request. I'm rather enclined
to tag it wontfix. But I welcome supplementary feedback.
Okay, another nail in the cofin of the quilt
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.15.8.7
Severity: important
dpkg-source rejects valid patch files:
| dpkg-source: error: diff
`xen/debian/patches/upstream-21334:993458f6c5a0+21405:ae381a864b4f' patches
file xen/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/p2m-ept.c twice
Unified diff files are applied from the start to
severity 608829 normal
thanks
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011, Bastian Blank wrote:
Severity: important
It's not a major usability problem... dropping to normal.
dpkg-source rejects valid patch files:
| dpkg-source: error: diff
`xen/debian/patches/upstream-21334:993458f6c5a0+21405:ae381a864b4f'
On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 08:52:26PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011, Bastian Blank wrote:
dpkg-source rejects valid patch files:
| dpkg-source: error: diff
`xen/debian/patches/upstream-21334:993458f6c5a0+21405:ae381a864b4f' patches
file xen/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/p2m-ept.c
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011, Bastian Blank wrote:
It is a crafted file. It consists of two appended diffs.
Why not use two diffs instead?
diff.gz is never hand-generated, the contents of debian/patches are. If
they may not, you have to document it.
True.
quilt and patch applies this patch
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011, Bastian Blank wrote:
Unified diff files are applied from the start to the end, file by file.
There is no notion of duplicate files in it.
While such files are valid patch files, diff will never generate such a
patch. So it's a sign either of a
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