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Re: [bug-patch] Regression in symbolic link handling
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Tim Waugh |
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Re: [bug-patch] Regression in symbolic link handling |
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Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:34:38 +0000 |
On Wed, 2015-02-18 at 11:58 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> A number of patches in openSUSE packages fail to apply with GNU patch
> 2.7.4 while they did apply fine with versions 2.7.3 and earlier. The
> problem is when one of the path components of a file is a symbolic link
> to a directory.
Why do the patches touch those files via their symlinked pathnames
rather than using direct pathnames? For git-generated patches, for
example, only the direct pathnames are used.
Tim.
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