On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 01:21:00PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> >  **************************************
> >  Ignoring unknown patch file: /usr/pkgsrc/mail/oe2mbx/patches/patch-aa
> >  **************************************
> 
> May I commit a fix to make it fail on unknown patch file?

The logic was done that way for a reason - the problem we were trying
to combat was where someone had used sup without delete, or where a
new pkgsrc tar file was extracted over an old one, leaving previous
path files in place.  We didn't consider it a problem that other patch
files were around - they were simply ignored. I think this is a good
approach, because it means that we only apply the correct patches,
with the minimum of impact - it's not always appropriate to stop a
package building simply because a patch file is left over.

> This will stop problem with impartial commits.

You're proposing that we fix a problem with "impartial commits" -
personally I don't mind who makes them :-) - but I'm not sure what
they are.  Can you elaborate a bit for me, please?

Thanks,
Alistair