From: skay AT powersoft DOT com (Scott Kay) Subject: Re: patch problem 30 Jan 1997 13:00:47 -0800 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199701302019.MAA23298.cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com> Original-To: gunther DOT ebert AT ixos-leipzig DOT de Original-Cc: c700545 AT showme DOT missouri DOT edu, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-Reply-To: <32EF1152.178@ixos-leipzig.de> (message from Gunther Ebert on Wed, 29 Jan 1997 09: 58:58 +0100) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >>>>> "Gunther" == Gunther Ebert writes: Gunther> Ryan M. Hager wrote: >> version b 17.1 gnu win 32 >> >> I am trying apply a .diff file and it is failing. It is the >> X11R6.1-cygwin.diff.gz. When I am in Windows 95 it only tries >> to apply the first 3 changes. WHen I am in Linux ( tried to see >> what it would do) it goes through all the files and tries to do >> the changes, the changing fails. I wish to do the patch in win >> 95, And I believe the patch program is failing, how do I make >> sure this is the case? >> Gunther> I can confirm the strange patch behaviour. It doesn't Gunther> matter if the files are in UNIX or NT text mode, patch Gunther> always failed to apply some diffs. Check your version of patch. Older versions can't handle newer fancier type context diffs. You may need to get a more current version if your patch program isn't up to date. -Scott -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott Kay Powersoft Corp 561 Virginia Rd Concord, MA 01742 email: spkay AT powersoft DOT com FAX: 508-287-2557 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".