On 19 January 2007 15:00, Markus Elfring wrote:
> Are potential line ending variations the only reason for the reported
> change rejections?
> Do other details result also in a mismatch?
Yes; if patch can't find anything that corresponds to the unaltered lines at
the start and end of the hunk, it doesn't know where to put it; if the lines
that it finds there don't match what the patch says the old versions look
like, it also doesn't work.
file.txt:
1 alpha
2 bravo
3 charlie
4 delta
5 echo
6 foxtrot
7 golf
8 hotel
9 india
example bad patch hunk #1: old lines don't match
@@
3 charlie
4 delta
-5 wibble wobble blort
+5 echo echo
6 foxtrot
7 golf
example bad patch hunk #2: location of patch can't be found
@@
foo
bar
-5 echo
+5 echo echo
baz
quux
cheers,
DaveK
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