In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 11:09:29 -0400
>
> This patch installed without errors using version 2.5.4 of the patch
> utility from Gnu. The patch utility that ships with Solaris 8 refused to
> install the patch.
>
> Actually patch 2.5.4 ships with Solaris 8, in the SUNWgpch package,
> but it's called "gpatch" rather than "patch". I don't know why Sun
> did that.
They did it so they could keep their old, broken version of patch named
'patch' and still include the patch that's used today. Think "binary
compatibility" and "support for legacy applications", combined with marketing.
HP-UX and Tru64 Unix both have stinky old versions of patch too, that rarely
if ever work with diffs used these days. Of course, patch *is* part of
XPG4 and later, so they need to keep it to be conformant. One of the rare
down-sides with standards compliance, I guess.
Tim
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