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Article #1831Re: Problems with Patch not creating new files
From: Robert Withrow
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 00:44
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 00:44
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|>[I] seem to have problems when a patch file attempts to create a new |>file (compared against /dev/null). Just as another data point --- I have recently had similar problems with this version of patch. In my case patch asked me what file to patch in a normal (i.e. not a /dev/null) patch. The diffs *were* generated with gnu diff 1.15, and when I tested the patches patch(1) refused to patch one of the files even though it was there, was readable and writable, and diff was able to read it just minutes before. I think patch has a bug. -- --- Robert Withrow, R.W. Withrow Associates, Swampscott MA 01907 USA Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430, Net: witr@rwwa.COM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!spooky!witr From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Problems with Patch not creating new files Message-ID: <1991May1.004405.25209@rwwa.COM> Date: 1 May 91 00:44:05 GMT References: <1991Apr27.150844.5719@telesys.cts.com> <1991Apr30.165545.6408@borland.com> Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates Lines: 17