Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:19:18 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: Question on GPP 2.8.1 and DJGPP
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> Sounds like the diff was made on a non-LFN aware platform. You could
> try setting LFN=n, apply the patch and then reset LFN=y

This will only work if the numeric tails were turned off (see section 
22.19 of the FAQ for details).

I think a much less painful way would be to edit the patch file, and 
manuall modify the file names to their original long names.  If done 
carefully, this will produce a patch that will simply work with no fuss.

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