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Date:      Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:33:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
To:        Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/patch patch.c pch.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10008021831280.66574-100000@kronos.networkrichmond.com>
In-Reply-To: <vqcpunr5v0a.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>

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On 2 Aug 2000, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:

> I agree that skipping files when --skip is specified should not count
> as an error, but I'm less sure about --force and --batch.  What do you
> think about putting those two errors back?

  Good point. I just committed the fix.

> 
> Another thing you could do is to add another option that will cause
> questions to not being asked but make patch exit with an error when
> there is a need to ask a question.  This is what we really want
> instead of --batch, since the whole purpose is to avoid getting into
> an infinite loop when patch is called without a terminal.
> 
> Or maybe we can just fix patch so it won't go into an infinite loop
> when stdin is closed.
> 

  :) I think it might be easier just to rewrite patch.

  Kelly

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