The official cygwin copy of Larry Wall's "patch" program is mired at version 2.5.0 (which was released way back in 1997). The currently released version is 2.5.4 (which is still from 1999). 2.5.8 is available from the ftp://alpha.gnu.org website
The main reason I'm mentioning is that 2.5.4 is necessary for "--posix" switch which is what you sometimes need to get multi-directory CVS diff files to work right as well as correcting a CR/LF issue I was running into. I have been using 2.5.8 for a few months now and was using 2.5.4 for years before that and haven't run into any problems. So should I go about packaging this and get it out to everyone or should somebody at RedHat just re-compile it and release the new version. If it is the former, where are instructions on how to do so. I just downloaded it and ran "autoconf", "configure", and "make install". Kelley Cook -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
