Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 17:45:42 +0300 (MSK) From: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: FreeBSD-current <current@freebsd.org>, steve@freebsd.org, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Subject: Re: New patch: one thing to think about Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980105174101.10021A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net> In-Reply-To: <19980105091229.49254@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, J Wunsch wrote: > As 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. > > Hmm, that sounds at least halfways useful, although i still don't get > it why Posix needed to standardize away from common practice. I think Posix insist here on pure functionality separation as Unix principle, i.e. making patch *is* main function of the "patch", but producing backup *is not*. GNU maintainers makes it halfway compatible, not producing backup only if patch applies absolutely clean... -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nietzsche.net> http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/
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