[csw-users] Problems with makepatch

[Juergen Arndt]

Hi all,

for the last two days I have problem with "makepatch". Everytime I want to  
create a patch, the result is patch file, which subtracts _all_ lines from  
_all_ source files. I tested it with some other packages not maintained by  
me and the result was the same.

As an example, here is a part of the contents of the generated patch file:

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diff --speed-large-files --minimal -Nru pnp-0.4.13.orig/AUTHORS  
pnp-0.4.13/AUTHORS
--- pnp-0.4.13.orig/AUTHORS     2009-02-19 18:29:18.000000000 +0100
+++ pnp-0.4.13/AUTHORS  1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Authors:
-J<C3><B6>rg Linge pitchfork at pnp4nagios.org
-Hendrik B<C3><A4>cker andurin at process-zero.de
diff --speed-large-files --minimal -Nru pnp-0.4.13.orig/BUGS  
pnp-0.4.13/BUGS
--- pnp-0.4.13.orig/BUGS        2009-02-19 18:29:18.000000000 +0100
+++ pnp-0.4.13/BUGS     1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-A lots of it...
diff --speed-large-files --minimal -Nru pnp-0.4.13.orig/COPYING  
pnp-0.4.13/COPYING
--- pnp-0.4.13.orig/COPYING     2009-02-19 18:29:18.000000000 +0100
+++ pnp-0.4.13/COPYING  1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
-                   GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
-                      Version 2, June 1991
-
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
- Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
- of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
-
-                           Preamble
-
-  The licenses for most software are designed to take away your

... and so on.

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Also I am wondering, why the time stamp is at "1970-01-01  
01:00:00.000000000 +0100".

My workflow is like this:

- gmake extract
- change some files
- gmake makepatch

I already created patches successfully, so I'm really surprised about  
this. Can anyone reproduce this behaviour? Or does anyone has a hint for  
me, what I do wrong?

Juergen

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