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From:	David Eisner <deisner AT gmail DOT com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:10:08 -0400
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:00 PM, David Eisner <deisner AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> Cygwin versions (2.8.7 and 2.5.8 respectively). =A0When I get a chance,
> I'll try the newer versions on Linux and see what happens.

Also works fine on Linux with patch 2.5.8 (and diff 2.9 -- version
2.8.7 was never a stable release, I think).

In any case, I figured out the fix:  Use patch --binary.  That switch
is only available on Cygwin.  Now it works fine.  I'm still not quite
sure why I have to do this.  Anyhoo, it works.

-David

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