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From: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu (Steve Peltz)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: patch - bug or feature?
Message-ID: <1990Jan5.230608.10083@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 5 Jan 90 23:06:08 GMT
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Organization: UIUC Computer-based Education Research Lab
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It appears that patch (at patchlevel 12) doesn't detect that a patch has
already been applied if the patch is to add lines to the beginning of a file.
Re-applying the patch merely applies it at an offset. It seems this is a case
that could be detected unambiguously.
--
Steve Peltz (almost) CFI-G
"Monticello traffic, Glider 949 landing 18, full stop"