Re: [Quilt-dev] Re: [Quilt-cvs] quilt ./quilt.changes quilt/push.in scripts/apa...

[Martin Quinson]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 06:41:09PM +0200, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> On Friday 11 April 2003 17:55, Martin Quinson wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 11:17:37AM -0400, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> > > CVSROOT:  /cvsroot/quilt
> > > Module name:      quilt
> > > Changes by:       Andreas Gruenbacher <address@hidden>    03/04/11 
> > > 11:17:37
> > >
> > > Modified files:
> > >   .              : quilt.changes
> > >   quilt          : push.in
> > >   scripts        : apatch.in
> > >
> > > Log message:
> > >   - Apply patches with `patch -f' by default. Add --interactive
> > >   option top `quilt push' to allow applying patches without
> > >   `patch -f'.
> >
> > Are you sure? I like pretty much the fact that push and pop fails when
> > something goes wrong. It allows me to put push -a in makefiles and so.
> 
> patch -f fails in the same way as patch without -f does, so quilt will still 
> fail for patches that don't apply cleanly, as it does now. The difference is, 
> patch -f does not ask the user questions. The questions might sometimes be 
> helpful when applying a patch that does not apply cleanly by hand.
> 
> Does this make sense?

Completely. In fact, I never experienced those questions and did not even
know that they exist. Now, I agree with you, this change is a good thing.

Sorry for the noise, Mt.