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Subject: Applying a patch against an empty file fails. 
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Hello,=20

I'm tracking down a failure in the monotone (venge.net/monotone) testsuite
under FreeBSD 5.4.=20

Applying the patch:

--snip--
#=20
# old_revision [2d5e7ffab45a186a70d824a723da014b9cae9506]
#=20
# patch "foo"
#  from [83f5a5c359f3dc8317519240e32f1f51f68bc051]
#    to [da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709]
#=20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
--- foo 83f5a5c359f3dc8317519240e32f1f51f68bc051
+++ foo da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-1
-2
--snip--

using 'patch -p0 -R < monodiff' to an empty file 'foo' fails.=20

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