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 -- Kelly Yancey - kbyanc@posi.net - Belmont, CA System Administrator, eGroups.com http://www.egroups.com/ Maintainer, BSD Driver Database http://www.posi.net/freebsd/drivers/ Coordinator, Team FreeBSD http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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