Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 08:20:07 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Cc: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray), freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Bugs' list) Subject: Re: gnu/1787: /usr/bin/patch doesn't like Index: lines Message-ID: <199610150620.IAA22587@grumble.grondar.za>
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> According to Ollivier Robert: > WHat I don't understand is that it is supposed to be an official version of > patch... A diff shows that it is 2.10 bmaked. This is true. > > apply to Index: lines? Suggestions? > > Import patch-2.1 into contrib/ (without forgetting to enlarge some values > -- max patch line length and so on). ...and fixing some bugs. The code that I fixed fixes the case where - If you have the same file in multiple dirs, patch tries to patch the file in the current dir multiple times. This seems to be a longstanding bug, and fixing it to accomodate your case is not going to be trivial. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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