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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: 19402@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19402: Already-applied patches in 'origin' are automatically reversed
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:05:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zjal1ami.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fvcd25cr.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:01:40 -0500")

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:

> Currently, if a patch that we carry in Guix is taken upstream, and then
> we update the package, Guix will automatically reverse the patch without
> error.
>
> This behavior delayed my xorg-update work for several hours today (I was
> stumped and took a break), and I worry that patches that aren't needed
> for successful compilation (e.g. security fixes) could be automatically
> undone without anyone noticing.
>
> Perhaps the solution is to pass --force (not --batch) to 'patch'.

I’ve re-read patch(1) and yes, definitely.

Would you like to make this change in ‘core-updates’?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-18 11:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-18  0:01 bug#19402: Already-applied patches in 'origin' are automatically reversed Mark H Weaver
2014-12-18 11:05 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2014-12-26 23:21   ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-12-27  1:43     ` Mark H Weaver
2014-12-27 13:14       ` Ludovic Courtès

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