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Re: does patch.exe work different than other unx patch tools?
- To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: does patch.exe work different than other unx patch tools?
- From: Oliver Nittka <nittka at esem dot com>
- Date: 17 Jul 2001 18:16:49 +0200
- Organization: ESEM GmbH, Markdorf/Germany
- References: <200107171249.NAA06357@ireserver.Ireland.Sun.COM>
- Xref: james.esem.com mailing-lists.cygwin:23126
Armin Theissen <Armin.Theissen@Sun.COM> writes:
> Hunk #1 FAILED at 7.
this sometimes happend to me when the patchfile had dos-style line
endings and the file(s) to patch hadn't (or vice versa).
mybe "type" does something to your file ?
i usually work around this by opening the patchfile in emacs and save
it using "set-buffer-file-coding-system".
HTH
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