Hello, GNU patch 2.8 cannot apply recursive normal-format diffs:
--------------------------- ametzler@argenau:/tmp$ mkdir -p /tmp/reprod/dira ametzler@argenau:/tmp$ cat << EOF > /tmp/reprod/dira/file > line 1 > blah > line 3 > EOF ametzler@argenau:/tmp$ cp -a /tmp/reprod/dira /tmp/reprod/dirb ametzler@argenau:/tmp$ sed -i -e 's/blah/blub/' /tmp/reprod/dirb/file ametzler@argenau:/tmp$ cd /tmp/reprod/ ametzler@argenau:/tmp/reprod$ diff --recursive --new-file dira dirb > diffexamle.diff ametzler@argenau:/tmp/reprod$ cat diffexamle.diff diff --recursive --new-file dira/file dirb/file 2c2 < blah --- > blub ametzler@argenau:/tmp/reprod$ cd dira/ ametzler@argenau:/tmp/reprod/dira$ patch --dry-run -p1 < ../diffexamle.diff patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch input. ametzler@argenau:/tmp/reprod/dira$ patch --normal --dry-run -p1 < ../diffexamle.diff can't find file to patch at input line 2 The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |diff --recursive --new-file dira/file dirb/file -------------------------- File to patch: ^C --------------------------- cu Andreas
