Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 12:43:34 -0800 From: Ernest Hua <hua@chromatic.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: beta@XFree86.Org, hua@chromatic.com Subject: Large scale patching fails (most probably a FreeBSD bug) Message-ID: <9602292043.AA04402@krypton.chromatic.com>
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In my many attempts to do this on a FreeBSD system (from days past),
I have never been able to run through a large set of patches without
some seemingly random failure. The software base has always been
XFree86 (but then I do not recall ever patching anything else so
large). The bug manifests itself in the form of patch stopping
because it cannot find a specific file to patch. Unfortunately, I
have always taking the lazy route and just did it on the nearest Sun
or HP and did not bother to track it down.
In this last episode, I actually tried it twice and got two very
different instances of files not being found during the patch. So
my question is this:
1. Is this clearly a FreeBSD file system bug?
2. If so, any ideas on how I can narrow this down enough so
that someone more adequately informed can pursue it?
Thanks!
Ern
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