From: Andrew Crabtree <andrewc AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
Message-Id: <199805121636.AA138950985@typhoon.rose.hp.com>
Subject: Re: Patch BUG??
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 9:36:25 PDT
Cc: andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980512103716.22504F-100000@is>; from "Eli Zaretskii" at May 12, 98 10:37 am
Reply-To: andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com
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> 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).
Hmmm - I have heard other people who have trouble with 
patch on both linux and solaris platforms as well.  This is always
with regards to patching gcc (or egcs) though to pgcc.  Those patches tend to
be huge (200K+), and also usually contain rejects, or patches that
will only apply with a varying fuzz factor or such.  I've never seen
djgpp patch crash either, but my use of it has been fairly restricted.

I could never go back to old when anyway since I need the build in 
clearcase support that the new snapshots have.


Andy