Re: [bug-patch] patch-2.7

[Russ Whitaker]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2014, Andreas Grünbacher wrote:

> Russ,
>
> 2014-04-09 6:53 GMT+02:00 Russ Whitaker <address@hidden>:
> > Applying patch using --verbose I get:
> >
> >   Hunk#1 succeeded
> >   Changing attruvutes for <filename>: Operation not supported
>
> when compiled in, patch tries to preserve file attributes, for example:
>
> $ echo a > f
> $ setfattr -n user.name -v value f
Trying your example, got "Operation not supported" here, too.

> $ cat > ab.diff
> --- f
> +++ f
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -a
> +b
> ^D
> $ patch f < ab.diff
Used strace, resulting strace output attached.

> $ getfattr -d f
> # file: f
> user.name="value"
>
> I assume you get the error message with and without --verbose.
Yes.

> What does strace show in your case?
Thank you for reminding me of strace, I had forgotten it.
Only thing I noticed in the strace output was /etc/xattr.conf not found.
Slackware attr package doesn't have an xattr.conf either.

What would you suggest?

Russ

> Andreas

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