David Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 07:29:56AM -0400, David Roundy wrote:
>> My best guess (also note that darcs 1.0.4 will give a slightly better error
>> message in this case) is that somehow the patches have gotten a bit messed
>> up in transit.
>
> I take that back.  The patch bundle hash guarantees that the patches
> *didn't* get messed up in transit, so somehow the contributors' versions of
> darcs produced broken patches.  Either their repositories have a different
> inventory from yours (in which case the bug would presumably be in get,
> pull or apply), or they generated patches that couldn't even be applied to
> the same repository (in which case there's a bug in send).  But it can't be
> a mailer problem, which means that it *is* a darcs problem (although it
> could be a bug in an older darcs).

i asked one of the authors to resend me the patch as a gzip'd
attachement (so that i was certain that mailers would leave it
alone). it applied just fine. 

i've attached the gzip'd patch, and, confirming your initial idea,
here's the diff between the two:

--- bad 2005-08-28 10:26:45.000000000 +0200
+++ good       2005-08-29 14:28:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -288,11 +289,11 @@
 [Allow defcomponent slot forms to be symbols (some effect as with defclass)
 Marco Baringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>**20050718171831] 
 [More accurate information regarding versions and how to get the software.
-Jos? Pablo Ezequiel Fern?ndez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>**20050718033950] 
+José Pablo Ezequiel Fernández <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>**20050718033950] 
 [More changes regarding dependencies.
-Jos? Pablo Ezequiel Fern?ndez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>**20050717214720] 
+José Pablo Ezequiel Fernández <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>**20050717214720] 
 [Some clear statements about the dependencies (more is still neede).
-Jos? Pablo Ezequiel Fern?ndez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>**20050717213407] 
+José Pablo Ezequiel Fernández <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>**20050717213407] 
 [Make ucw's installation directory an explicit configuration variable in 
make-image.lisp
 Marco Baringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>**20050717191936] 
 [Remove useless debugging code from ucw-tags.lisp

Attachment: ucw.CHANGESET.gz
Description: Binary data

-- 
-Marco
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget the perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
        -Leonard Cohen
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