On 16 Mar 2002, Gordon Messmer wrote: > I just uploaded rpm packages of the XenoStep and Xenophilia GTK+ theme > engines to my ftp server. While trying to patch XenoStep, I ran into > difficulty. All of its included themes have spaces in their filenames. > If I want to modify a gtkrc file, I can create a diff easily, but that > file doesn't seem to be suitable for use with patch. 'patch' simply > complains that "XenoStep" isn't a file or directory when trying to patch > "XenoStep Gorilla/gtk/gtkrc". > > Is there a workaround for this?
No. Know bug, er, design feature in the diff output format; the info file for diff has this to say: File Names that Contain Unusual Characters ------------------------------------------ When a file name contains an unusual character like a newline or white space, `diff -r' generates a patch that `patch' cannot parse. The problem is with format of `diff' output, not just with `patch', because with odd enough file names one can cause `diff' to generate a patch that is syntactically correct but patches the wrong files. The format of `diff' output should be extended to handle all possible file names. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
