From:	pete AT horus DOT cix DOT co DOT uk (Pete Jordan)
Subject:	Re: Perl5.004_01 patch for b18
30 Jul 1997 09:56:22 -0700 :
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Danny Aldham <aldham AT lennon DOT postino DOT com> said:
> I am trying to build perl5.004_01 with b18 gnuwin32 , and was
> pointed to using a patch at www.tiac.net/users/cfg . I get a lot
> of "Hunk #1 failed " type errors from patch -p1 -n < cygperl5.004_01.pat
> and when I run sh Configure for perl, I get a lot of errors about
> missing files & directories, and a warning that THIS PACKAGE SEEMS
> TO BE INCOMPLETE . (their caps, not mine). Is there a patch for the
> patch?

Like I said in c.l.p.misc, I had to split the patchfile up. I did it with a
Perl script but, if you haven't got a working Perl ATM, you could use awk.

Chris Faylor said to me:
> I think that the patch that is distributed in cdk.exe is essentially
> brain dead.  I ended up recompiling the latest version from
> prep.ai.mit.edu and it works much better.

I haven't yet tried this, but it might be a better way for you to proceed.

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