Bug 190406 - Patches created on i386 fail to apply on x86_64
Summary: Patches created on i386 fail to apply on x86_64
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xdelta
Version: 4.0
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Ludek Smid
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Reported: 2006-05-01 23:34 UTC by Jordan Russell
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-05-15 11:07:52 UTC
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Description Jordan Russell 2006-05-01 23:34:01 UTC 
Description of problem:
Trying to apply a patch created on an i386 machine fails on x86_64 with the
following error:

xdelta: @@@SerialSource: Incorrect allocation


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xdelta-1.1.3-15.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy over a patch file created on an i386 machine to an x86_64 machine.
2. Run:  xdelta patch [filename]
  
Actual results:
xdelta: @@@SerialSource: Incorrect allocation

Expected results:
No error.

Additional info:
Some discussion about the bug on the Debian tracker:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=147187
Comment 1 Ludek Smid 2006-05-04 12:37:03 UTC 
If you want
Comment 2 Ludek Smid 2006-05-04 12:38:42 UTC 
I'm sorry for leaving fragment of comment above. It was a mistake. Ignore it,
please.
Comment 3 Ludek Smid 2006-05-15 11:07:52 UTC 
The patch fixing described behavior is avilable in rawhide.

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