Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:20:22 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnu/3176: `patch' creates files in wrong places (following Index) Message-ID: <19970403232022.UG18328@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <19970403120458.33651@keltia.freenix.fr>; from Ollivier Robert on Apr 3, 1997 12:04:58 %2B0200 References: <199704022200.OAA27937@freefall.freebsd.org> <19970403015947.46958@keltia.freenix.fr> <19970403075144.ZT46473@uriah.heep.sax.de> <19970403120458.33651@keltia.freenix.fr>
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As Ollivier Robert wrote: > *Now*, if you have > > Index foo/bar > --- /dev/null <date> > +++ base/dir/foo/bar <date> > > it will create foo/bar in the current directory, not in dir/foo/ ! So this looks inconsistent, yes. patch lives already in /usr/src/gnu, so i don't think it's a big problem to import a recent version of GNU patch. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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