Hi!

On Sat, 2014-08-09 at 20:39:54 +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Package: dpkg-dev
> Version: 1.17.10
> Severity: minor
> 
> This is what happens when you add a debian/* file to a quilt patch (which is
> apparently something newcomers sometimes do...) and then try to build the
> source package:

> patching file debian/rules
> Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Skipping patch.
> 1 out of 1 hunk ignored
> dpkg-source: info: fuzz is not allowed when applying patches
> dpkg-source: info: if patch 'moo.diff' is correctly applied by quilt, use 
> 'quilt refresh' to update it

> Here the patch is correctly applied by quilt (in the sense that you can push
> and pop it), but no amount of refreshing will fix the problem.
> 
> Could dpkg-source say explicitly that quilt-patching debian/* files is not
> supported, and suggest using "quilt remove"?

Sure, makes sense. I'm fixing this for 1.17.12, as I'm wrapping up the
1.17.11 release right now.

Thanks,
Guillem


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