From:	sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru (Sergey Okhapkin)
Subject:	RE:
29 Jan 1997 00:41:32 -0800 :
Approved:	cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
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Original-To:	"gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>,
	"'Ryan M. Hager'"
	<c700545 AT showme DOT missouri DOT edu>
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Original-Sender:	owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Ryan M. Hager wrote:
> I am trying apply a .diff file and it is failing. It is the
> X11R6.1-cygwin.diff.gz. When I am in Windows 95 it only tries to apply 
the
> first 3 changes. WHen I am in Linux ( tried to see what it would do) it
> goes through all the files and tries to do the changes, the changing 
fails.

Add -l (--ignore-whitespace) option to patch's command line. It seems to me 
all troubles are due to <cr><lf>, <lf> etc mismatches in line ends.

--
Sergey Okhapkin
Moscow, Russia
Looking for a job.


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