From: sos@prospect.com.ru (Sergey Okhapkin)
Subject: RE:
29 Jan 1997 00:41:32 -0800
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        "'Ryan M. Hager'"
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Ryan M. Hager wrote:
> I am trying apply a .diff file and it is failing. It is the
> X11R6.1-cygwin.diff.gz. When I am in Windows 95 it only tries to apply 
the
> first 3 changes. WHen I am in Linux ( tried to see what it would do) it
> goes through all the files and tries to do the changes, the changing 
fails.

Add -l (--ignore-whitespace) option to patch's command line. It seems to me 
all troubles are due to <cr><lf>, <lf> etc mismatches in line ends.

--
Sergey Okhapkin
Moscow, Russia
Looking for a job.


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