From owner-freebsd-standards Fri Apr 26 13:36: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65EF337B404; Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:35:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 34443AE165; Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:35:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:35:59 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: "Brian F. Feldman" Cc: "M. Warner Losh" , drosih@rpi.edu, areilly@bigpond.net.au, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: diff & patch problem with 'No newline' Message-ID: <20020426203559.GK1530@elvis.mu.org> References: <20020426.095955.80136029.imp@village.org> <200204262019.g3QKJSs87524@green.bikeshed.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200204262019.g3QKJSs87524@green.bikeshed.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Brian F. Feldman [020426 13:19] wrote: > > So, as a solution for unbreaking old machines which won't understand what to > do with those patch files (as largely demonstrated by the ports, of course), > should there be a port for a "new" version of patch which the ports system > can depend upon and use instead of the base system's patch? I can see this > mattering because people are very comfortable running releases from several > years ago. I think the way bzip2 is handled might work. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message