Bug#890746: patch: git-style patch on nonexistent file causes stack overflow

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

control: forwarded -1 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53228
control: tags -1 patch

There is patch at
        https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2018-02/msg00010.html

This behaviour (crash) is new in 2.7.6, does not happen in 2.7.5. Is it
possible to get this addressed for Buster? It just sits on the mailing
list and gets forgotten…

Sebastian