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23.0.92; Try to auto fix whitespace loss? (y/n)

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From: Leo <sdl.web <at> googlemail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 3033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3033: 23.0.92; Try to auto fix whitespace loss? (y/n)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:30:56 +0100

2009/4/20 martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>:
>> I have used edebug and error-on-quit to trace the culprit and find a
>> reproducible recipe. It turns out it has nothing to do with whitespace.
>>
>> 1. emacs -q
>> 2. M-x which-func-mode
>> 3. C-x C-f emacs-gnus-ticked-doc.patch
>>
> [...]
>> In my experience, I have found which-func-mode to be intrusive and
>> unreliable. So I guess I will have to disable it to avoid further
>> trouble.
>
> Looks to me like a bug in `diff-sanity-check-hunk' which fails to make
> the hunk well-formed.  However, I think `diff-find-source-location'
> shouldn't do any sanity checks in the first place when called with a
> non-nil NOPROMPT argument.  So could you try whether the attached patch
> solves your problem?
>
> Thanks, martin.

I tried the patch and it seems to work.

Thank you.

Leo

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