Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:35:59 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>, drosih@rpi.edu, areilly@bigpond.net.au, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: diff & patch problem with 'No newline' Message-ID: <20020426203559.GK1530@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200204262019.g3QKJSs87524@green.bikeshed.org> References: <20020426.095955.80136029.imp@village.org> <200204262019.g3QKJSs87524@green.bikeshed.org>
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* Brian F. Feldman <green@FreeBSD.ORG> [020426 13:19] wrote: > > So, as a solution for unbreaking old machines which won't understand what to > do with those patch files (as largely demonstrated by the ports, of course), > should there be a port for a "new" version of patch which the ports system > can depend upon and use instead of the base system's patch? I can see this > mattering because people are very comfortable running releases from several > years ago. I think the way bzip2 is handled might work. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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