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From: rbj@DSYS.NCSL.NIST.GOV (Root Boy Jim)
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Subject: Updating Emacs
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Date: 31 Aug 89 20:21:55 GMT
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? From: palkovic@linac.fnal.gov (John A. Palkovic)

? Hello.  I am currently running emacs 18.54.1  on a Sun 4/260.  I have
? access to a file called "emacs.diff-18.55-18.54" .  My question is can
? this be used to update emacs 18.54.1 and if so how do I do it?

Most likely, you use patch. I've never done it; I always snarf new
distributions in their entirety. You will probably want to use
the -p0 option to prevent pathname stripping.

? By the way I think emacs is great.  If I wasn't a poor physics graduate
? student with a pregnant wife I would donate some $  to the Free
? Software Foundation.  Thanks.

How about your first male child :-?

? John Palkovic
? University of Wisconsin-Madison
? Dept. of Physics
? and
? Fermilab, Batavia, IL
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