Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 19:29:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Distributed 'patch' is achingly out of date Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970809192627.450B-100000@roguetrader.com>
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Just wondering if anybody has considered getting a newer version of 'patch' included in the source tree? The version we have is 2.1. Version 2.4 is available. Are we running into GNU concerns? Or has nobody noticed? I for one always have to upgrade, because patch 2.1 has arbitrary limits (such as the length of a line cannot extend beyond 4096 chars). Also, patch 2.4 is generally smarter and better--not to mention it works with RCS and SCCS without problem.. -Brandon Gillespie
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