On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 01:17:14PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Guido Günther writes ("Re: Bug#841866: Cannot import some patch queues"):
> > control: forecmerge 825537 -1
> ...
> > I've stepped onto this already, just did not get around to investigate
> > what fails in git-apply yet. Thanks for bringing this to the attention
> > of the git maintainers!
>
> Great. Thanks for your attention.
>
> There is now a trivial test case in the dgit test suite that
> reproduces the problem. `dgit clone dgit sid', and then look at
> dgit/tests/pkg-srcs/example_1.0-1+absurd.dsc (and associated files).
> You may find this more manageable than using the glibc source :-).
>
> You'll see from my mail to #841866 that I have deployed a horrible
> workaround. I think I need to keep that workaround in dgit because I
> want dgit 2.x to be usefully backportable.
I still hope to get around to fix this in git someday.
Cheers,
-- Guido
