bug#19402: Already-applied patches in 'origin' are automatically reversed

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:

> Currently, if a patch that we carry in Guix is taken upstream, and then
> we update the package, Guix will automatically reverse the patch without
> error.
>
> This behavior delayed my xorg-update work for several hours today (I was
> stumped and took a break), and I worry that patches that aren't needed
> for successful compilation (e.g. security fixes) could be automatically
> undone without anyone noticing.
>
> Perhaps the solution is to pass --force (not --batch) to 'patch'.

I’ve re-read patch(1) and yes, definitely.

Would you like to make this change in ‘core-updates’?

Thanks,
Ludo’.