Subject: misc/2383: /src/sys/arch/x68k/fdboot/fdboot and
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Thorsten Frueauf <frueauf@ira.uka.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/08/1996 23:53:47
>Number: 2383
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: /src/sys/arch/x68k/fdboot/fdboot and
/src/sys/arch/x68k/usr.bin/tvctrl/tvctrl are binaries
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed May 8 18:35:06 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Thorsten Frueauf
>Organization:
private
>Release: <NetBSD-current source date> NetBSD current 07.05.1996
>Environment:
System: NetBSD di_frueauf 1.1B NetBSD 1.1B (CYBERDYNE) #0: Tue May 7 13:33:25 GMT 1996 milano@di_frueauf:/usr/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/CYBERDYNE amiga
>Description:
/src/sys/arch/x68k/fdboot/fdboot and /src/sys/arch/x68k/usr.bin/tvctrl/tvctrl
are binary files which break updating the source tree via patch from diff files.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to update your source tree via diff files (like in offered at
ftp://wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/patch/96/05/*)
and not via sup and watch `patch < difffile` breaking if it contains binaries.
>Fix:
uuencode binaries in the official source tree or remove them.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
/src/sys/arch/x68k/fdboot/fdboot and /src/sys/arch/x68k/usr.bin/tvctrl/tvctrl are binaries