From: Bjorn De Meyer <bgdmeyer AT eduserv2 DOT rug DOT ac DOT be>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problem patching ALLEGRO 3.0 to WIP May30. (Patch Bug?)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:13:29 +0200
Organization: University of Ghent, Belgium
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On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, George Foot wrote:

> > I'm going to install Caldara DR-Dos today or tomorrow.My other
> > DJGPP programs work fine. I am using patch v 2.1 
>
 > Is that GNU patch?  Type "patch -v" to find out.  In any case,
> have you tried upgrading to GNU patch v2.5?  It's in
> "pat25b.zip", in the "v2gnu" directory of the djgpp
> distribution, e.g. FTP from ftp.simtel.net, directory
> "/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu", file "pat25b.zip".
Well, it just says patch v2.1, not gnu. Maybe that's the problem although
i don't see where the "alien" patch might come from.  Maybe one of those
relics wich are strewn around my HD. I'll go and download that, togetther
with the latest version of gcc.
> 
> > This is what I get when I redirect the stderr:
> > 
> > Can't backup allegro/ChangeLog, output is in E:\TEMP/patcho020246: path
> > not found
> [snip]
>
 
> I've never seen any output remotely like that from GNU patch.  
> To me it looks like some DOS-like patch program which doesn't 
> understand forward slashes or perhaps long filenames.
Well, in that case, chances are it's either a very old and outdated or an
old dos patch. I'll go and get the new one right away and see if it works.
Thanks for your help. If you ever come to Belgium warn me, and I'll buy
you a beer or three :).

> 
> -- 
> george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk
> 
> 

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