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Re: [BUG] Patch.exe problem report


Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:46:16PM +0100, Pierre Muller wrote:
> 
>>
>>I already mentioned the following bug some time ago,
>>but I now took the time to identify the problem.
>>[...]
>>
> 
> I've just uploaded a new version of patch to cygwin.com.
> It should arrive on the mirrors at least tomorrow.
> 
> It now opens the source file in O_TEXT mode and writes
> it in O_BINARY so that the destination file is always
> written out with UNIX LFs.


Ummm...is that really a good idea?  patch will now autoconvert every 
"dosmode" file to "unixmode" -- even on text mounts?  (I use only 
binmounts, so *I'm* not worried, but....)

--Chuck



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