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Hi,

Eike Rathke wrote:
> The real problem seems to be a dumb patch tool that converts the
> encoding of a diff's unified context to the encoding of the shell's
> locale, ensuring that the diff doesn't match the original file anymore.
> The dumb diff tool on the same platform also generates a file with the
> diff context converted to the shell's locale. Useless crap.
> 
> Needless to say that GNU patch is still able to apply the crappy diff
> with a "Hunk #1 succeeded at 31 with fuzz 1." The other platform's dumb
> patch tool on the other hand isn't even able to apply the diff the dumb
> diff tool of the very same platform generated. What a mess.

Sounds like a good argument for requring GNU patch to me..

Regards,

Rene
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