Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 06:29:01 -0500 From: help-octave-request AT bevo DOT che DOT wisc DOT edu Message-Id: <200308191129.h7JBT14G017573@bevo.che.wisc.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: bevo.che.wisc.edu: list set sender to help-octave-request AT bevo DOT che DOT wisc DOT edu using -f To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files References: <004501c3657f$289744c0$6b547ad5 AT starfruit> <20030818160041 DOT GB3101 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <20030819112817 DOT GL3101 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> In-Reply-To: <20030819112817.GL3101@cygbert.vinschen.de> X-Loop: help-octave AT bevo DOT che DOT wisc DOT edu Your message has been received, but you are not subscribed to the help-octave mailing list using the address from which you sent your mail, so your message will not be posted automatically. If the list moderator decides your message is appropriate for the purposes of the list, then it will be posted. -- On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 06:00:41PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:52:09PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: > > Because patch always reads its input in textmode, it cannot be used to apply > > patches to binary files - e.g. gcc-core-3.3-3.3.1.diff, which updates binary > > .gmo files. > > Bummer. I guess I have to patch patch once more. I'll recycle the > --binary option again for this kind of situation as soon as I find some > spare time to do that. I've uploaded a 1.5.2 test version of a new patch, 2.5.8-7. It reenables --binary for reading on Cygwin. Please give it a try (*iff* you're using Cygwin 1.5.2). Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/