From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Oct 14 23:20:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA03728 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 23:20:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (root@grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA03722 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 23:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (mark@localhost.grondar.za [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA22587; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 08:20:08 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199610150620.IAA22587@grumble.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 Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 08:20:07 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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