Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | patch-2.3 or Postcards from the edge | Date | Thu, 17 Jul 1997 23:49:38 -0400 (EDT) |
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Just a quick note - avoid GNU patch-2.3 like the plague.
I downloaded and compiled it on June 17. I thought I was going nuts, imagining things (it always used to work after all). I noticed that patch-2.3 couldn't handle patching non-existant files (ie. creating files). I suffered with it, thinking it must be me 'cause a million people use patch and releasing it with a major bug is unthinkable.
I see that patch-2.4 is out now (June 22). Someone else must have noticed too. Guess I'm (mostly) sane after all :-)
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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