Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!uflorida!ziggy!screamer!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: C News patch dating Message-ID: <26FE301D.3CE7@tct.uucp> Date: 24 Sep 90 16:11:09 GMT References: <1990Sep17.210150.1586@vicom.com> <26FA3C1B.5BB@tct.uucp> <1990Sep23.013144.12150@quick.com> Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 10 According to srg@quick.com (Spencer Garrett): >What Henry is alluding to is that each Cnews patch begins >with a *complete list* of each and every preceeding patch. >Larry Wall's patch program will happily check that you've >applied *all* of the previous patches ... No, it won't. Only the last "Prereq:" is actually used. Check the code. Look in "pch.c"; search for "Prereq". -- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT ,