Re: changing default for PATCH_DIST_STRIP to -p1

On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 11:54:24PM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> I plan to change the default for PATCH_DIST_STRIP (the setting used
> for apply upstream patches downloaded via PATCHFILES) from the current
> -p0 to -p1.
> 
> I don't remember when I last saw an upstream patch that was just
> comparing just plain foo.orig to foo. Most, if not all of them, now
> look like e.g. git provides them, i.e. comparing a/foo to b/foo.
> 
> I'll check for users of packages that use PATCHFILES but not
> PATCH_DIST_STRIP and set it to -p0 there first, so this is just a
> heads-up.

I've just done this.

I did find one still active program that does use -p0 - bash.
Use this information however you wish.

Cheers,
 Thomas