Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 03:11:16 +0300 (MSK) From: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: FreeBSD-current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New patch: one thing to think about Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980105030958.6520A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net> In-Reply-To: <199801042354.QAA20276@mt.sri.com>
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On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Nate Williams wrote: > =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= writes: > > On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Андрей Чернов wrote: > > > > > To say it simple, no *.orig files created now unless you specify > > > -b option. > > > > Oops, not so simple. No *.orig created only if patch applies _cleanly_, > > if something is rejected, *.orig created by default. > > Ahh, never mind my previous reply then, unless it doesn't create a patch > if there are fuzz problems or otherwise. Sometimes I've had patches > 'apply cleanly' when in fact the fuzz factor caused them to patch > completely wrong parts of the system. Backup created for 'fuzz' too by default. Only _completely_ clean patches goes without backup. -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nietzsche.net> http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/
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