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To: Vic <tudor AT cam DOT org>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
Subject: Re: Patch BUG??
Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 10:30:01 -0700
Message-ID: <19980509172947.AAG16984@ppp105.cartsys.com>
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At 11:22  5/8/1998 -0400, Vic wrote:
>I'm sorry if I'm crying "wolf" here. I'm also sorry if this is in a faq
>somewhere. My problem is this: I was trying to patch allegro and it
>didn't work. It said it couldn't find the file and was asking me for a
>name. It didn't matter which version of patch I used, or which diff file
>(I tried 2 different patches for allegro). The problem went away when I
>put LFN=N in my djgpp.env file. With LFN=N patch works, with LFN=Y patch
>doesn't find the files. Why?

I think this may be because `patch' is looking in the wrong directory for
the file. See what the filenames in the patch file look like, and read about
the `-p' option to `patch'.

Failing that, please tell us exactly what you are doing. In particular, it
would be nice to know:

* Exactly how you invoke `patch', and from which directory.
* The directory structure of the files you are trying to patch.
* The version of `patch'.
* First few lines of the patch file.

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com