On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 06:01:11PM -0300, Eneas Queiroz wrote: > I've sent this to the list 2 days ago, but I can't find it in the list > archives, so I'm sending it again without files attached. I apologize > if this is a duplicate. One should be able to reproduce this with the > current PR files, but if not, I can provide them. > > I've hit a strange error while trying to apply a patch from github > here: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/965 > > 965.patch:452: trailing whitespace. > > 965.patch:559: space before tab in indent. > -o $(SHLIBNAME_FULL) \ > 965.patch:560: space before tab in indent. > $$ALLSYMSFLAGS $$SHOBJECTS $$NOALLSYMSFLAGS $$LIBDEPS; \ > 965.patch:564: space before tab in indent. > -o $(SHLIBNAME_FULL) \ > 965.patch:2334: trailing whitespace. > > error: package/libs/openssl/patches/100-Configure-afalg-support.patch: > No such file or directory > error: package/libs/openssl/patches/110-openwrt_targets.patch: No such > file or directory > error: package/libs/openssl/patches/120-fix_link_segfault.patch: No > such file or directory > error: package/libs/openssl/patches/1.1.0/100-Configure-afalg-support.patch: > No such file or directory > error: package/libs/openssl/patches/1.1.0/110-openwrt_targets.patch: > No such file or directory > > If you get the patch file from > https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/965.patch and apply it with > git apply, it fails. If I apply the same file with patch -p1, it > works fine. I've tried it with git 2.16.4 and 2.19, and they both > fail with the same error, and at least 2 more people have confirmed > it. > > git apply fails even when using git format-patch -13 --stdout as a > source, so it is not github doing something weird. > > The file is a series of 13 patches. If I split the series after the So this is no _a_ patch, then, but a mailbox of patches. 'git apply' is supposed to apply a single a patch; apparently 'patch' is more lenient. Have you tried 'git am'? > 3rd patch, it works. > Also, if I use https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/965.diff, it also works. > > I'm not subscribed to the list, so please CC me. > > Cheers, > > Eneas