Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-02-03 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015, Clint Byrum wrote: > Fair enough? In some cases, the patch to fix the behaviour for some architectures may-or-may-not-(but-this-has-to-be-proven) hurt performance or something on other architectures while retaining correctness. In these cases, always if the language does not

Re: Fwd: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-29 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from olivier sallou's message of 2015-01-29 06:20:46 -0800: > Forgot to CC the list > > -- Forwarded message - > From: olivier sallou > Date: jeu. 29 janv. 2015 15:20 > Subject: Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only? > To: Ian Jackson

Fwd: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-29 Thread olivier sallou
Forgot to CC the list -- Forwarded message - From: olivier sallou Date: jeu. 29 janv. 2015 15:20 Subject: Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only? To: Ian Jackson Sorry for quoting, sent from my phone... Yes this is this bug. Upstream will add conditions in code (ifdef

Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-29 Thread Ian Jackson
olivier sallou writes ("Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?"): > Le Thu Jan 29 2015 at 9:58:18 AM, Paul Wise a écrit : > > Please post some details of the bug, the patch you want to apply and > > which package you are talking about so that we can give you a

Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-29 Thread Ian Jackson
olivier sallou writes ("Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?"): > Le Thu Jan 29 2015 at 9:58:18 AM, Paul Wise a écrit : > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:16 PM, olivier sallou wrote: > > > In my current case, I can apply on all archs if needed, but I wondered if

Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-29 Thread olivier sallou
Le Thu Jan 29 2015 at 9:58:18 AM, Paul Wise a écrit : > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:16 PM, olivier sallou wrote: > > > In my current case, I can apply on all archs if needed, but I wondered if > > there was an easy way, seems not... :-( > > Please post some details of the bug, the patch you want to

Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-29 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:16 PM, olivier sallou wrote: > In my current case, I can apply on all archs if needed, but I wondered if > there was an easy way, seems not... :-( Please post some details of the bug, the patch you want to apply and which package you are talking about so that we can give

Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-29 Thread olivier sallou
Le Thu Jan 29 2015 at 9:11:08 AM, Raphael Hertzog a écrit : > Hi, > > On Thu, 29 Jan 2015, olivier sallou wrote: > > I d like to know if it is posdible to apply a patch on some archs only. > > I have some FTBS on some archs for a package. I have a patch but I d like > > to apply it only on failin

Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-29 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Thu, 29 Jan 2015, olivier sallou wrote: > I d like to know if it is posdible to apply a patch on some archs only. > I have some FTBS on some archs for a package. I have a patch but I d like > to apply it only on failings archs and keep original upstream code for > others. > > Patches can i

Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-29 Thread olivier sallou
Le Thu Jan 29 2015 at 7:29:20 AM, Jackson Doak a écrit : > I don't know the exact way, but you can do it with some debian/rules magic. > What's the issue with patching the non-affected arches? > I could in this specific case, but I do not know the real impact of the patch. I think that if upstrea

Re: Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-28 Thread Jackson Doak
I don't know the exact way, but you can do it with some debian/rules magic. What's the issue with patching the non-affected arches? On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 5:26 PM, olivier sallou wrote: > Hi > I d like to know if it is posdible to apply a patch on some archs only. > I have some FTBS on some arc

Any way to apply patch on some archs only?

2015-01-28 Thread olivier sallou
Hi I d like to know if it is posdible to apply a patch on some archs only. I have some FTBS on some archs for a package. I have a patch but I d like to apply it only on failings archs and keep original upstream code for others. Patches can indeed fix an issue but be less performant/optimal... I c