Re: Fwd: dpkg-source: error: expected [ +-] at start of line

[Rodolfo kix Garcia <kix@kix.es>]

On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:45:33 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme wrote:
> Le samedi 8 octobre 2011 00:43:07, Rodolfo kix Garcia a écrit :
> > On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:05:42 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme wrote:
> > > Le vendredi 7 octobre 2011 22:41:05, Rodolfo kix Garcia a écrit :
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I have a problem with dpkg-buildpackage. I have three patches in 
> > the
> > >> debian folder. All apply fine using quilt, but using
> > >> dpkg-buildpackage I
> > >> get an error:
> > >>
> > >> dpkg-source: info: using options from
> > >> wmaker-crm/debian/source/options:
> > >>
> > >> 
> > --extend-diff-ignore=(^|/)(config\.sub|config\.guess|Makefile|configure|
> > >> Mak efile\.in)$ dpkg-source: error: expected [ +-] at start of 
> > line 17
> > >> of diff
> > >> `wmaker-crm/debian/patches/52_libwmaker0dev.diff'
> > >> dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source --before-build wmaker-crm 
> > gave
> > >> error exit status 25
> > >
> > > The lines should start with spaces, not directly tab.
> >
> > But... is a patch! In the original file (upstream version) there are
> > tabs.
> Just add a space before the tab. A line start either by a + (added 
> line), -
> (removed line) or space (unmodified line) followed by the line to be 
> added,
> removed or untouched.
>
> Best regards.

Thomas,

now is ok :-) Thaaaaanks a lot!!!!

But, IMHO, this is a bug. Because I can patch using quilt but not with 
dpkg-buildpackage. Same code, different behavior.

Best Regards.

kix
--
||// //\\// Rodolfo "kix" Garcia
||\\// //\\ http://www.kix.es/