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Re: A problem with the patch utility and windows paths.
- From: Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>
- To: Bob Rundle <rundle at rundle dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:40:16 -0600
- Subject: Re: A problem with the patch utility and windows paths.
- References: <0MKp2t-1EKzNI2oxT-0002ow@mrelay.perfora.net>
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According to Bob Rundle on 9/29/2005 8:27 AM:
> Greetings,
>
> I've having a few issues with the patch utility. It is not working with
> windows paths. I am using Windows XP and the latest cygwin patch. Any help
> is appreciated. Attached is the cygcheck file.
>
> If I have two directories "oldversion" and "newversion"
>
> $ diff -u oldversion newversion >1.tm
> $ patch <1.tm
What error message are you getting that you think is not right? Did you
use the -p option? We need a reproducible test case. Also, it may help
to follow these directions:
> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
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Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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