Re: pkg/43766 (devel/libtool-base fails to build on Linux [patch])

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/43766; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/43766 (devel/libtool-base fails to build on Linux [patch])
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 15:15:23 +0200

 On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 08:05:03AM +0000, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/43766; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: pkg/43766 (devel/libtool-base fails to build on Linux [patch])
 > Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 11:03:12 +0300
 > 
 >   >> State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
 >   >> State-Changed-By: cheusov%NetBSD.org@localhost
 >   >> State-Changed-When: Sun, 08 May 2011 13:32:57 +0000
 >   >> State-Changed-Why:
 >   >> A lot of packages fails with latest GNU patch.
 >   >> It is easier to not use it at all 
 > (TOOLS_PLATFORM.patch=/path/to/nbpatch)
 >  >  
 >  >  Should that be the default for Linux then?
 >  
 >  Yes, it may make sense. With GNU patch I see the following problems.
 >  1) It understands unified patch differently.
 >  2) It fails if files to be changed are marked as read-only.
 >  
 >  1) needs to be analysed.
 
 GNU patch doesn't support Unified Diffs with asymmetric contexts except
 in a few edge cases like end of file.
 
 Joerg