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From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Problems with Patch not creating new files
Message-ID: <1991May1.004405.25209@rwwa.COM>
Date: 1 May 91 00:44:05 GMT
References: <1991Apr27.150844.5719@telesys.cts.com> <1991Apr30.165545.6408@borland.com>
Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
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|>[I] seem to have problems when a patch file attempts to create a new
|>file (compared against /dev/null).

Just as another data point --- I have recently had similar problems
with this version of patch.  In my case patch asked me what file to
patch in a normal (i.e. not a /dev/null) patch.  The diffs *were*
generated with gnu diff 1.15, and when I tested the patches patch(1)
refused to patch one of the files even though it was there, was
readable and writable, and diff was able to read it just minutes
before.

I think patch has a bug.

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