* Mon 2008-02-18 Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 08:25:30AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > >>>>Would the package's maintainer ugrade to 2.5.9. The current does not >>>>handle correctly patches/files that use CRLF line endings. >>The original source package contain CRLFs, so diff against >>is contains CRLFs as well. > > It's hard to see why a UNIX-based source package would contain CRLFs but, > regardless, there shouldn't be any CRLFs in Cygwin packages.
There are windows developed software that has been ported to Linux. Their developers use CRLF editors; hence the sources. > I'm not arguing against changing patch but I'm cautioning you that if > you, or anyone, are including source (or binary!) packages in the cygwin > distribution which contain CRLFs that is a no-no. Naturally. I just encountered unfortunate situation, where I coulnd't apply the diff against the original sources as usual. Getting around that was more like "duct taping". I was uneasy with the measures I had to take to get around it[*]. Jari [*] The package was Lzma + patches -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines