Mail Archives: cygwin/1997/01/30/13:00:47
>>>>> "Gunther" == Gunther Ebert <gunther DOT ebert AT ixos-leipzig DOT de> writes:
Gunther> Ryan M. Hager wrote:
>> version b 17.1 gnu win 32
>>
>> 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. I wish to do the patch in win
>> 95, And I believe the patch program is failing, how do I make
>> sure this is the case?
>>
Gunther> I can confirm the strange patch behaviour. It doesn't
Gunther> matter if the files are in UNIX or NT text mode, patch
Gunther> always failed to apply some diffs.
Check your version of patch. Older versions can't handle newer
fancier type context diffs. You may need to get a more current version
if your patch program isn't up to date.
-Scott
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