Package: llvm-2.7 Version: 2.7-3 The ‘diffstats’ target in debian/rules.d/control.mk contains some code that tries to modify every patch to include a diffstat header. Unfortunately, this code corrupts patches in two ways:
• It deletes DEP-3 headers <http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/> and any other form of explanatory text at the beginning of a patch. • It breaks patches that delete files. http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_mono/diff.html#Creating%20and%20Removing “… if you supply an old or new file that is named /dev/null or is empty and is dated the Epoch (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC), … patch normally creates a new file or removes the old file.” But, --- a/test/CodeGen/Generic/stack-protector.ll 2009-09-08 20:09:15.000000000 -0400 +++ b/test/CodeGen/Generic/stack-protector.ll 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 is modified to --- a/test/CodeGen/Generic/stack-protector.ll +++ b/test/CodeGen/Generic/stack-protector.ll which now creates an empty file because the Epoch date is gone, and --- a/test/CodeGen/Generic/stack-protector.ll +++ /dev/null is modified to --- a//dev/null +++ b//dev/null which doesn’t work at all. This could interfere with NMUs and Ubuntu patches (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/llvm-2.7/+bug/610992 for an example). Please change the ‘diffstats’ target to no longer run by default on clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
