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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:15:04 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Getting a new version of "patch" into cygwin
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 01:35:57PM -0500, Robert_K_Cook AT comerica DOT com wrote:
> The official cygwin copy of Larry Wall's "patch" program is mired at
> version 2.5.0 (which was released way back in 1997).  The currently
> released version is 2.5.4 (which is still from 1999).  2.5.8 is available
> from the ftp://alpha.gnu.org website
> 
> The main reason I'm mentioning is that 2.5.4 is necessary for "--posix"
> switch which is what you sometimes need to get multi-directory CVS diff
> files to work right as well as correcting a CR/LF issue I was running into.
> I have been using 2.5.8 for a few months now and was using 2.5.4 for years
> before that and haven't run into any problems.

I put that on my todo list.  There are several Cygwin specific patches
in our 2.5.0 so this needs some attention.

Corinna

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