[edit-patch] Fails on creating new patch

[Alain Miltenburg]

edit-patch exits when run on a source package using quilt without any existing patches.

For example:

cd ~
bzr init-repo powernap
bzr branch ubuntu:powernap powernap.dev
cd powernap.dev
edit-patch temp

The script exits without reason.

Further examination shows that the script exits on the 'quilt top' command, which is returning a 2 error status.
The 'set -e' command at the beginning of the 'edit-patch' script is the reason the script immediately exits as well.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Akbarkhon Variskhanov (kbar)]

Such cases are not protected against currently.

There is another command, which you can use to create patches: add-patch.

Since a workaround and another tool exists, I don't think this is necessarily a bug.

[Rémy MARTIN (rmartin013)]

I encountered the same issue and fixed it locally with a workaround

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "Patch to workaround first creation issue" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package devscripts - 2.23.3ubuntu2

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devscripts (2.23.3ubuntu2) lunar; urgency=medium

  * Drop debpkg to make devscripts architecture all. Instead of debpkg please
    use sudo for debi (or, highly dangerous, make dpkg setuid root).
  * Revert special handling for i386

 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:05:08 +0100