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From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject: Re: New patch: one thing to think about
Reply-To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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As Андрей Чернов wrote:

> > To say it simple, no *.orig files created now unless you specify
> > -b option.
> 
> Oops, not so simple. No *.orig created only if patch applies _cleanly_,
> if something is rejected, *.orig created by default.

Hmm, that sounds at least halfways useful, although i still don't get
it why Posix needed to standardize away from common practice.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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