New comment by foopub on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/33915#issuecomment-962026413 Comment: Ok, I've found the root of the issue. This commit adds removes the option to ignore whitespace whereas the patch has a single space before the \ while the file to be patched has some tabs. https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/commit/7b4119df5cbc0cc37348164a10c88a32910009d8 If you're that keen on ignoring whitespace, you should probably check whether it breaks any patches and fix them accordingly before breaking things...