Re: [Gnewsense-dev] patch for irssi bug.

[Richard Hinojosa]

On Fri, 2013-09-13 at 21:37 +0200, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> Op Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:23:06 -0500
> schreef Richard Hinojosa <address@hidden>:
> 
> > I get this error when applying 03firsttimer_text.patch:
> > 
> > patching file patches/03firsttimer_text-gnewsense
> > Hunk #1 FAILED at 21.
> > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- rejects in file
> > patches/03firsttimer_text-gnewsense
> > Patch 03firsttimer_text.patch does not apply (enforce with -f)
> 
> I hadn't looked closely at the provided patch. It's a patch on Debian's
> patch file instead of the source. Quilt only handles patches on the
> source. The patch from the bug report is meant to be applied using the
> patch command straight up.
> 
> While that is an option, I prefer to leave Debian's patch files
> untouched and instead add our own patch files that may overwrite some
> of Debian's changes to the source. So you should do (on the unmodified
> source package):
> 
> quilt push -a
> quilt new name-of-patch
> quilt edit src/fe-text/irssi.c
> etc.
> 
> Edit irssi.c in such a way as the provided patch would do. In the end
> you'll have 2 patches (1 from Debian and 1 for gNewSense) that operate
> on the same piece of code.
> 
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I worked through the remaining instructions and I got a diff file. I am
going to add as attachment for review.

irssi_0.8.15-3gnewsense1.diff
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