Bug 593786

Summary:	[Future EAPI] Require GNU patch version 2.7 or later
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Mike Gilbert <floppym>
Component:	PMS/EAPI	Assignee:	Package Manager Specification <pms>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	esigra
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	in-eapi-7
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	174380

Description Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2016-09-14 17:48:17 UTC

patch-2.7 introduced support for git-formatted patches, which are very common in the wild.

http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7361

Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2016-09-14 19:23:34 UTC

Yes, presumably it is better to introduce this feature in a well defined way.

As patch-2.7.5 is stable, I don't see any obstacle for adding this to EAPI 7.

Comment 2 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2018-04-30 22:14:29 UTC

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=b0b4f343da9050ec5a10cd0644d7e00b1b36f0c4

commit b0b4f343da9050ec5a10cd0644d7e00b1b36f0c4
Author:     Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2017-09-28 17:50:56 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2018-03-31 15:30:43 +0000

    EAPI 7 requires GNU patch 2.7.
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/593786

 commands.tex         | 13 ++++++++-----
 eapi-differences.tex |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)}