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Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:31:55 -0400
To: "Bruce Dobrin" <dobrin AT imageworks DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Is "Patch" broken?
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At 05:20 PM 4/8/2004, you wrote:
>...is my usage broken?
>
>I haven't used Patch in a while,  but I've been trying to patch
>DBD::Oracle1.15,  and the seemingly innocuous patch is being totally
>rejected:
>
>dobrin AT THEODOLITE:/c/temp/DBI/patched-DBDO1.15> patch -p0 -F 3 < pch.1
>patching file dbd-oracle/trunk/Oracle.xs
>Hunk #1 FAILED at 157.
>1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file
>dbd-oracle/trunk/Oracle.xs.rej
>dobrin AT THEODOLITE:/c/temp/DBI/patched-DBDO1.15> diff
>./dbd-oracle/trunk/Oracle.xs.orig ./dbd-oracle/trunk/Oracle.xs
><no change>
>
>I've looked over the patch,  the offsets and patterns look fine.  I even
>changed the files to all access and ran the patch thru d2u,  but it still
>rejects all lines.
>I'd REALLY like to avoid cutting and pasting all the changes....  Does
>anyone have any suggestions ( I figure it's mightr be a control character
>thing, but I'd think patch usually deals well with that)


No, patch isn't broken.  Check your patch file for a mismatch of line 
endings (DOS vs UNIX or vice versa).  That's the only things I can think
of off the top of my head without more specifics.


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