kobopatch - An improved patching system - Page 18

DNSB · 11-12-2018, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColFormi

Thank you, David. I get the idea now.
The kobopatch.yaml looks so neat!
But one more question. Suppose I have edited my kobopatch.yaml, do I need to copy it to the src file to let it take effect?

The kobopatch.yaml remains in it's original location.

DNSB · 11-12-2018, 10:23 PM

It looks as if the mass of bytes written to the screen when an error occurred has been suppressed. Makes it a lot easier to see where the error occurred. Thanks!

GeoffR · 11-13-2018, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geek1011

The issue is with your yaml. When doing finds for bytes, you should use FindBaseAddressHex, so it doesn't get interpreted as a UTF-8 string and get all mangled. Also, it allows you to make the hex more readable.

Here is a fixed version:

Thanks. There was another mistake in the patch which would prevent it working even once it applied, I've fixed it in my original post, perhaps you could edit your post too, just in case someone uses it?

The line with the mistake is:
- ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x14, FindH: 20 46, ReplaceH: 04 E0}
It should be:
- ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x14, FindH: 20 46 61 E9 1E 89, ReplaceH: 7B 60 03 E0 00 BF}

(BTW I'm not sure whether it is worth using this multi-version patch or not, although it doesn't need updating so long as the code doesn't change, once the code changes it may be more difficult to update than the original.)

geek1011 · 11-13-2018, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

Thanks. There was another mistake in the patch which would prevent it working even once it applied, I've fixed it in my original post, perhaps you could edit your post too, just in case someone uses it?

The line with the mistake is:
- ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x14, FindH: 20 46, ReplaceH: 04 E0}
It should be:
- ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x14, FindH: 20 46 61 E9 1E 89, ReplaceH: 7B 60 03 E0 00 BF}

(BTW I'm not sure whether it is worth using this multi-version patch or not, although it doesn't need updating so long as the code doesn't change, once the code changes it may be more difficult to update than the original.)

Done. As for your second point, I do agree with it, mainly because even just changing the order of the appends would silently break it. The main reasoning I use when deciding whether to make a patch generic is:
- How unique are the finds
- What is the chance of it breaking silently (I like to be able to mostly depend on my automated testing)
- If the patch breaks, will it prevent connecting to a computer and require a reset (as in, are the instructions reached right after booting)

One thing I'm experimenting with right now is automated patch updates on a slightly higher level (based on finding/replacing instructions). This would then generate ordinary patches.

geek1011 · 11-16-2018, 07:54 PM

There is now a new kobopatch request thread, which consolidates all the requests for patches and major kobopatch features.

I have tried my best to collect all the requests from before scattered around the threads, and if I missed anything, please tell me.

jcn363 · 11-21-2018, 12:23 PM

Code:

Patching ./usr/local/Kobo/nickel
  Applying overrides
    DISABLE `Reduce reading footer and quit caption`
    ENABLE  `Custom font-size nozlib`
    ENABLE  `Custom font-size zlib`
    DISABLE `Only Reading and My Books`
    DISABLE `Remove Footer and Recommendations`
Error: could not apply patches: invalid patch file 'src/nickel-363.yaml': i286: internal error while validating `Custom font-size zlib` (you should report this as a bug)

geek1011 · 11-21-2018, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcn363

Code:

Patching ./usr/local/Kobo/nickel
  Applying overrides
    DISABLE `Reduce reading footer and quit caption`
    ENABLE  `Custom font-size nozlib`
    ENABLE  `Custom font-size zlib`
    DISABLE `Only Reading and My Books`
    DISABLE `Remove Footer and Recommendations`
Error: could not apply patches: invalid patch file 'src/nickel-363.yaml': i286: internal error while validating `Custom font-size zlib` (you should report this as a bug)

I can't test it completely right now, as I don't have access to my computer, but I think it's the ' in the description of the zlib font size patch. Try removing it and see if it works. BTW, the error is because it found 0 instructions in the patch.

EDIT: I had another look, actually, I think this is a bug in the validation. I will look into this later (I probably forgot to incremented the counter for one of the zlib instructions).

jcn363 · 11-21-2018, 01:46 PM

Sorry, my fault.

There was a - ReplaceZlib: free.

Good luck.

geek1011 · 11-21-2018, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcn363

Sorry, my fault.

There was a - ReplaceZlib: free.

Good luck.

OK

jcn363 · 11-21-2018, 02:13 PM

When you try recursively a simple change (same length string) the error raises immediately.

Spoiler:

If you remove the space the error raises before.

Spoiler:

Perhaps I'm doing something bad or you should flush memory, redo loops or something, because I think this is really simple.
Good luck.

geek1011 · 11-21-2018, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcn363

Perhaps I'm doing something bad or you should flush memory, redo loops or something, because I think this is really simple.
Good luck.

This is happening because it is being re-compressed after every replace (not just the final one). Thus, the compression ratio may differ each time. A possible workaround would be to try playing around with the order of the replacements. I will implement a new ReplaceZlibGroup instruction later this week to solve this issue completely.

geek1011 · 11-26-2018, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcn363

When you try recursively a simple change (same length string) the error raises immediately.

Spoiler:

If you remove the space the error raises before.

Spoiler:

Perhaps I'm doing something bad or you should flush memory, redo loops or something, because I think this is really simple.
Good luck.

Done the new ReplaceZlibGroup instruction.

geek1011 · 11-26-2018, 11:09 PM

I have released kobopatch v0.11.0 (which will be included in the next release of the patches).

This release adds a new ReplaceZlibGroup (as requested by jcn363). This instruction replaces multiple strings in a zlib string, then compresses the result (instead of compressing at each replacement). This is useful when making many tiny changes to a zlib stream, and one temporarily makes the stream too long.

Usage example for ReplaceZlibGroup:

Code:

Example for ReplaceZlibGroup:
  - Enabled: yes
  - Description: An example patch for the new ReplaceZlibGroup instruction.
  - FindZlib: "#someRandomID"
  - ReplaceZlibGroup:
      Offset: 0
      Replacements:
        - {Find: "#someRandomID", Replace: "#someRandomIDThatMakesTheZlibStreamTooLongWhichWouldHaveErroredWithReplaceZlib"}
        - {Find: "#someRandomIDThatMakesTheZlibStreamTooLongWhichWouldHaveErroredWithReplaceZlib", Replace: "#someRandomIDThatIsNowShortEnough"}

jackie_w · 11-27-2018, 10:23 AM

@geek1011,

Re: ReplaceZlibGroup

Please can you also show an example of how to use this for the occasions when I prefer to have the Find: and Replace: statements on separate lines to facilitate comparing the find/replace strings.

ETA: Ideally, I'd like to be able to mix and match Find/Replace one-liners and multi-liners in the same ReplaceZlibGroup

Here's an extract from a very large patch that I have. How would I use ReplaceZlibGroup to group these 4 find/replace together without losing the last 2 as multi-liners?

Spoiler:

Code:

jackie_w General GUI:
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: General GUI
  - FindZlib: "HeaderSmallElidedLabel"
  #
  # popup footnote header (HeaderMediumElidedLabel,HeaderMediumTouchLabel,HeaderMediumLabel ???)
  # free some space
  - ReplaceZlib: {Offset: 0, Find: "HeaderMediumElidedLabel[qApp_localeName=\"ja_JP\"],\nHeaderMediumTouchLabel[qApp_localeName=\"ja_JP\"],\nHeaderMediumLabel[qApp_localeName=\"ja_JP\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifJP, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\nHeaderSmallLabel", Replace: "HeaderSmallLabel"}
  - ReplaceZlib: {Offset: 0, Find: "HeaderSmallLabel[qApp_localeName=\"ja_JP\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifJP, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\nHeaderSmallElidedLabel", Replace: "HeaderSmallElidedLabel"}
  #
  # Book Title in Book list (HeaderSmallElidedLabel): reduce font-size and to sans-serif, bold
  - ReplaceZlib:
      Offset: 0
      Find:    "HeaderSmallElidedLabel,\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel {\n  font-family: Georgia;\n  font-style: italic;\n  font-size: 23px;\n  padding-left: 12px;\n  padding-right: 12px;\n  qproperty-alignment: 'AlignLeft|AlignVCenter';\n}"
      Replace: "HeaderSmallElidedLabel,\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel {\n  font-family: Trebuchet, Avenir;\n  font-weight: bold;\n  font-size: 23px;\n  padding-left: 12px;\n  padding-right: 12px;\n  qproperty-alignment: 'AlignLeft|AlignVCenter';\n}"
  - ReplaceZlib:
      Offset: 0
      Find:    "HeaderSmallElidedLabel[qApp_deviceIsDragon=true],\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel[qApp_deviceIsDragon=true] {\n  font-size: 36px;\n  padding-left: 20px;\n  padding-right: 20px;\n}\nHeaderSmallElidedLabel[qApp_deviceIsAlyssum=true],\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel[qApp_deviceIsAlyssum=true] {\n  font-size: 39px;\n}\nHeaderSmallElidedLabel[qApp_deviceIsNova=true],\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel[qApp_deviceIsNova=true] {\n  font-size: 39px;\n}\nHeaderSmallElidedLabel[qApp_deviceIsDaylight=true],\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel[qApp_deviceIsDaylight=true] {\n  font-size: 47px;\n  padding-left: 26px;\n  padding-right: 26px;\n}\nHeaderSmallElidedLabel[qApp_localeName=\"ja_JP\"],\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel[qApp_localeName=\"ja_JP\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifJP, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n  qproperty-forceLeading: 5;\n}"
      Replace: "HeaderSmallElidedLabel[qApp_deviceIsDragon=true],\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel[qApp_deviceIsDragon=true] {\n  font-size: 32px;\n  padding-left: 20px;\n  padding-right: 20px;\n}\nHeaderSmallElidedLabel[qApp_deviceIsAlyssum=true],\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel[qApp_deviceIsAlyssum=true] {\n  font-size: 36px;\n}\nHeaderSmallElidedLabel[qApp_deviceIsNova=true],\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel[qApp_deviceIsNova=true] {\n  font-size: 36px;\n}\nHeaderSmallElidedLabel[qApp_deviceIsDaylight=true],\nHeaderSmallItalicLabel[qApp_deviceIsDaylight=true] {\n  font-size: 40px;\n  padding-left: 26px;\n  padding-right: 26px;\n}"
  #

jcn363 · 11-27-2018, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geek1011

Done the new ReplaceZlibGroup instruction.

11-26-2018, 11:09 PM	#268
geek1011 Wizard Posts: 2,733 Karma: 6987557 Join Date: May 2016 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Aura Edition 2 v1, Clara HD	I have released kobopatch v0.11.0 (which will be included in the next release of the patches). This release adds a new ReplaceZlibGroup (as requested by jcn363). This instruction replaces multiple strings in a zlib string, then compresses the result (instead of compressing at each replacement). This is useful when making many tiny changes to a zlib stream, and one temporarily makes the stream too long. Usage example for ReplaceZlibGroup: Code: Example for ReplaceZlibGroup: - Enabled: yes - Description: An example patch for the new ReplaceZlibGroup instruction. - FindZlib: "#someRandomID" - ReplaceZlibGroup: Offset: 0 Replacements: - {Find: "#someRandomID", Replace: "#someRandomIDThatMakesTheZlibStreamTooLongWhichWouldHaveErroredWithReplaceZlib"} - {Find: "#someRandomIDThatMakesTheZlibStreamTooLongWhichWouldHaveErroredWithReplaceZlib", Replace: "#someRandomIDThatIsNowShortEnough"} Last edited by geek1011; 11-26-2018 at 11:14 PM.

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11-12-2018, 10:23 PM	#257
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,356 Karma: 145435140 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	It looks as if the mass of bytes written to the screen when an error occurred has been suppressed. Makes it a lot easier to see where the error occurred. Thanks!

11-16-2018, 07:54 PM	#260
geek1011 Wizard Posts: 2,733 Karma: 6987557 Join Date: May 2016 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Aura Edition 2 v1, Clara HD	There is now a new kobopatch request thread, which consolidates all the requests for patches and major kobopatch features. I have tried my best to collect all the requests from before scattered around the threads, and if I missed anything, please tell me.

11-21-2018, 01:46 PM	#263
jcn363 absolute beginner Posts: 323 Karma: 1750999 Join Date: May 2017 Location: Go with the wind (43°19'17.7"N 2°00'19.4"W) Device: ka1	Sorry, my fault. There was a - ReplaceZlib: free. Good luck.