From: gunther.ebert@ixos-leipzig.de (Gunther Ebert) Subject: Re: patch problem 29 Jan 1997 06:27:17 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <32EF1152.178.cygnus.gnu-win32@ixos-leipzig.de> References: <199701282100.PAA196646@mail.missouri.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (WinNT; I) Original-To: "Ryan M. Hager" Original-Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Ryan M. Hager wrote: > > version b 17.1 gnu win 32 > > 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. > I wish to do the patch in win 95, And I believe the patch program is > failing, how do I make sure this is the case? > I can confirm the strange patch behaviour. It doesn't matter if the files are in UNIX or NT text mode, patch always failed to apply some diffs. Gunther - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".