Re: [bitbake-devel] [PATCH v2] parse: warn on trailing whitespace in parsed lines

Hi Mathieu,

Yes , if we agree on solution, I will send patch series to oe-core and metaopenembedded as well .

I will prepare and send them tomorrow .


Regards,
Jaipaul

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From: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2026 5:07 PM
To: Jaipaul Cheernam <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [bitbake-devel] [PATCH v2] parse: warn on trailing whitespace in parsed lines

On Thu Aug 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM CEST, Jaipaul Cheernam wrote:
> rstrip() silently strips trailing whitespace before processing. This
> hides invisible spaces or tabs that end up in patch context and cause
> patches to fail to apply across branches.
>
> Warn on any line with trailing whitespace so developers can fix it early.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jaipaul Cheernam <[email protected]>
> ---

Hi Jaipaul,

Thanks for the v2. I forgot to ask: do you plan to provide an oe-core
patch fixing all whitespace issues? As so far, this is adding a lot of
warnings during the build:

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/4/builds/4405

Thanks,
Mathieu

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