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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:04:37 +0300
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To: Soren <somian08@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: gnu-patch source, cygwin maintainer patches don't apply cleanly
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Greetings, Soren!

I can't help, but I'll ask a question I'm sure will be raised by other people.

> I spent last night and some of today working on building the gnu-patch
> utility from the source code downloaded using setup. I desired to do this
> in order to learn more about the general procedures involved
> (re-familiarizing myself with Autoconfiscated projects, primarily) , and I
> plan on applying this acquired knowledge to other builds in the future.

> My concerns were raised by how many of the patches I applied (by hand, so
> to speak) failed in one or more places. I am afraid I can't serve up all
> the examples (maybe a good thing, would have made this message huge). I
> closed the terminal I was working in before I decided to compose this
> message.

You haven't used cygport?


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 13:03:20

Sorry for my terrible english...


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