From: cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor) Subject: Re: patch - strange behaviour 8 Aug 1997 08:07:33 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: References: Reply-To: cgf@bbc.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test57 (27 Apr 97) Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.28 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com In article , Wolfgang Bachmann wrote: >I've tried to apply Mumit Khan's patches to b18 and experienced very strage >behaviour of patch: > >patch aborts a after some patches, typically a few files, with the message >"Assertion hunk failed ..." (don't remember exact wording). > >If I split the patch file into seven parts, I can apply the separate patch >files without problems. I can live with that, but it's inconvenient. > >Has anyone got an idea what's going on? Yeah, you need a new patch. The one supplied in cdk.exe is apparently broken. Grab the latest GNU sources from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu and patch should configure and build. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf@bbc.com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".