[Aboriginal] Kernel patching failure with 1.2.4.1

[Rob Landley]

On 09/02/2013 06:23:08 AM, Patrick Lauer wrote:
> On 09/02/2013 05:31 PM, Rob Landley wrote:
> > On 08/30/2013 12:58:35 AM, Patrick Lauer wrote:
> >> On 08/18/2013 11:57 AM, Patrick Lauer wrote:
> >> > Trying to build 1.2.4.1 fails when fetching/patching kernel:
> >>
> >> > patching file init/Kconfig
> >> > Hunk #1 succeeded at 1797 (offset 131 lines).
> >> > Applying
> >> >
> >>  
> /home/me/code/aboriginal-1.2.4.1/sources/patches/linux-noperl-timeconst.patch
> >>
> >> > The next patch would create the file kernel/Makefile,
> >> > which already exists!  Assume -R? [n]
> >> > Apply anyway? [n]
> >> > Skipping patch.
> >> > 1 out of 1 hunk ignored
> >> > patching file kernel/timeconst.bc
> >> > patching file kernel/Makefile
> >> > Hunk #1 succeeded at 126 (offset 1 line).
> >> >
> >> > Exiting due to errors (host download linux)
> >> >
> >> > Exiting due to errors (  )
> >>
> >> This is due to a change in behaviour with patch - version <=2.6.1  
> work
> >> fine, >=2.7 fail.
> >
> > And _this_ is why I build host-tools.sh to isolate the build from  
> crappy
> > random gnu regressions. (Alas, there's a chicken and egg problem in
> > protecting download.sh or host-tools.sh from this stuff.)
> 
> Then you'd end up at some point carrying your own statically-built
> everything, only relying on some archiver like cpio/tar/zip for the
> initial unpacking

Except I'm not assuming the build host is x86. :)

No, we've gotta start somewhere, and the current host-tools.sh is as  
generic as I can get.

> > Where do I get a test system that displays this problem? (I don't  
> have
> > anything with patch 2.7 installed. Should I build a linux from  
> scratch,
> > or is there something I can install into a qemu image by just  
> fetching
> > an iso...?)
> 
> I upgraded patch on my server, so you can reproduce it there.

I just did a fresh EXTRACT_ALL=1 there and it worked.

Admittedly it worked against 3.11 instead of 3.10, but the patch in  
question created a new file...

Does this still reproduce for you?

Rob
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