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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 23:14:03 -0500
To: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: Re: Allegro WIP
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 11:51 PM 3/30/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Ralph Proctor writes:
>>After firing off patch -p1 < difmar19.dif
>>this is what happened (just as before):
>>
>>After 18 lines of "patching file..." notes, it stopped and I saw this:
>>
>>Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R?  [n]
>
>Where exactly did you get these files? I just checked using the
>alleg30.zip from ftp.simtel.net, the current (March 25) wipdiff.zip from
>my website, and diff.exe from GNU diffutils 2.7.1, and that exact
>command worked fine...

I have PAT25B.ZIP installed (patch.exe)
I executed patch -p1 < difmar19.dif  (just to make it clear what I did).
>
>Anybody else had problems like this? I don't know what to suggest...
>
>Re. your idea that you may have got a version with the diff already
>applied, I don't think that is possible: I certainly haven't distributed
>such a thing.
>
>>I would like wait until I hear from you before I do a "make" as to what I
>>should have done in response these inquiries.

Shawn by "inquiries" I was referring to the lines printed on the screen at
stop (see above).

>Try running make now: there is always a chance that it will work :-) 

Well, this would be the third attempt, and its time consuming. What it did
twice before was shut down after 27 minutes (a good complete make on
Version 3.0 takes 48 minutes--always successful)

Before I do it again I would like to be sure whether I should plug in [y]
instead of the [n] indicated above. Oh, I could try it again with the [n]
and even with a [y], but I would lose my mind. I think I better leave this
alone for a while, I'm getting discouraged.

Please understand, Version 3.0 does work very well until the WIP attempt.

As to where I got the Version 3.0 it had to be either simtel as you
indicated or maybe your site, I just don't remember for sure. I always go
to the Simtel, but if I did find it on your page or from a link on your
page I would have favored that one--it was late.

Maybe what I should do is get it again from Simtel, start all over and keep
trying. But whatever, I want to know the significance of the "Reversed (or
previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]"  statement.
Can you tell me what this means?

Ralph