61804 – johntheripper ebuild tries to unpack the patch file

Bug 61804 - johntheripper ebuild tries to unpack the patch file

Summary: johntheripper ebuild tries to unpack the patch file

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Aaron Walker (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2004-08-26 06:32 UTC by Gregg Barbato
Modified:	2004-10-02 16:04 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Gregg Barbato 2004-08-26 06:32:09 UTC

>>> md5 src_uri ;-) john-1.6.37.tar.gz
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) john-1.6.37-r1-gentoo.patch
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking john-1.6.37.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/johntheripper-1.6.37-r1/work
>>> Unpacking john-1.6.37-r1-gentoo.patch to /var/tmp/portage/johntheripper-1.6.37-r1/work
unpack john-1.6.37-r1-gentoo.patch: file format not recognized. Ignoring.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Aaron Walker (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-26 07:31:43 UTC

The reason it attempts to extract the patch is because the patch was retrieved 
from a mirror.  All files downloaded from the mirror are listed in the ${A} 
variable inside the ebuild, so when unpack ${A} is called... the patch applies
anyways, but IMO it should be compressed.

Comment 2 Daniel Black (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-27 16:05:26 UTC

I'll add this to bug 51528 and bug 59195 on the things to fix with john

Comment 3 Aaron Walker (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-02 16:04:52 UTC

Fixed.  Thanks for the report.