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Cc: Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de>

Hi Bernhard,

On 29.01.2013 13:30, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> * Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de> [2013-01-29 13:06]:
>> * Andreas Bie=DFmann <andreas.biessmann@corscience.de> [2013-01-29 12:12=
]:
>>> On 29.01.2013 11:26, Matthias Klein wrote:
>>>> Hi Juergen,
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe only git itself is able to apply its own binary patches again,
>>>> but not
>>>>> the 'patch' tool.
>>>>
>>>> Does that mean that the normal "ptxdist extract" step does not support
>>>> binary patches (only "ptxdist extract --git") ?
>>>
>>> Oups, it seems so. I used to set the 'Developer Option' 'use git to
>>> apply patches'. Removing that produces the smae error for me:
>>
>> Which version of patch do you have? Or do you use quilt to apply
>> patches? Because the latest GNU patch at least claims to support binary
>> git patches.

The 'fallback' for git in PTXdist (in fact the default setup) is quilt,
isn't it?
I did a short test with my CKFA blob and didn't manage to create a patch
with quilt. Only pointer I found was [1] ... however I have currently no
time to dig into this.

> Okay, "supported" only means that it recognizes it and complains that it
> doesn't support... :(

;) I will stick to git as patch backend.

Best regards

Andreas Bie=DFmann

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/quilt-dev/2007-01/msg00001.html

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