Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 10:37:35 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Andrew Crabtree <andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Patch BUG??
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On Mon, 11 May 1998, Andrew Crabtree wrote:

> This wouldn't be the first thing to try, but my experiences with patch 2.4
> and 2.5 are that they both suck big time.  Constantly dump core and whatnot
> on hpux.

I don't know about HP/UX, but the DJGPP port of `patch' 2.5 has never
crashed on me, not even once.  Nor did I see any other failures when
applying patches (which I do a lot).

Maybe this is something specific to HP/UX, or to the patches you were
applying.