On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, llucius wrote: > Package: gmp > Version: 1.3.2-3 > > While trying to extract gmp, I received the following message from > dpkg-source: > > /bld/src/new # dpkg-source -x /sys/downloads/gmp_1.3.2-3.dsc > dpkg-source: extracting gmp in gmp-1.3.2 > patch: **** malformed patch at line 183: od_1.o mpn_lshift.o mpn_rshift.o > mpn_rshiftci.o mpn_sqrt.o memory.o mp_set_fns.o _mpz_set_str.o > _mpz_get_str.o mpz_realloc.o mp_clz_tab.o alloca.o mp_bases.o > dpkg-source: failure: patch gave error exit status 1 > > It appears that line 182 is too long and is being wrapped. > First of all; the .o files should not be in the tree. I'll have to take a look at clean to see why they are still there. Second: this bug should be against dpkg-source, as this is the culprit that built the "malformed patch" in the first place. Or maybe patch/diff. Let me see if I can fix this instance at my end.
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