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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Mon, 22 May 2000 12:50:03 -0400
To:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: Weird patch problem + simple fix
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In-Reply-To:	<001001bfc40c$a313d1e0$6b6d06d5@uhs>; from usteinfeld@gmx.net on Mon, May 22, 2000 at 06:41:51PM +0200

On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 06:41:51PM +0200, Uwe H. Steinfeld wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
>To: <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
>Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 12:34 AM
>Subject: Re: Weird patch problem + simple fix
>> On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 02:57:25PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >I'm completely unable to reproduce that problem...
>> >
>> >...as far as the $TMP directory is on the same drive
>> >   as the patched file!
>> >
>>
>> But I really can't believe that this is a generic patch bug.
>> /tmp is often located on a different partition than a 'src'
>> directory and it is hard to believe that this could be broken
>> in patch.
>>
>> Is it possible that some stat (st_dev maybe?) field has changed
>> recently?
>
>The following worked for me when I had the same problem with /tmp on a
>different drive:
>
>   Include the file rename.c in the building process.

Ok.  This is a workaround.  I'm looking for insight into whether something
changed in Cygwin or not.

cgf

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