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To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert),
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Subject: Re: gnu/3176: `patch' creates files in wrong places (following Index)
References: <199704022200.OAA27937@freefall.freebsd.org> <19970403015947.46958@keltia.freenix.fr> <19970403075144.ZT46473@uriah.heep.sax.de>
From: Thomas Gellekum <tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: 03 Apr 1997 08:52:41 +0200
In-Reply-To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de's message of Thu, 3 Apr 1997 07:51:44 +0200
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j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:

>  As the PR stands, it only
> proved that Index: lines get precedence over other file names, and
> _this_ is a feature.

It's even documented in the man page.

tg