patch doesn't handle filenames with spaces (fwd)

[Adrian Bunk]

Hi Paul,

I got the bug report below for the Debian package of patch.

cu
Adrian


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 03:05:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: Adam Heath <address@hidden>
Subject: Bug#99808: patch doesn't handle filenames with spaces

package: patch
version: 2.5.4-3

yakko:/ram0/test# echo 1 > s\ 1
yakko:/ram0/test# echo 2 > s\ 2
yakko:/ram0/test# diff -u s\ 1 s\ 2
--- s 1 Sun Jun  3 13:22:10 2001
+++ s 2 Sun Jun  3 13:22:12 2001
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1
+2
yakko:/ram0/test# diff -u s\ 1 s\ 2 |patch --dry-run
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- s 1        Sun Jun  3 13:22:10 2001
|+++ s 2        Sun Jun  3 13:22:12 2001
--------------------------
File to patch:

Note, the generated diff doesn't differentiate that internal space.  I am also
filing a bug on diff, as both will have to have some kind of escape
mechanism.