-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     wheel       97948 Jan 14 23:30 /usr/bin/patch*

I have the same. But I have never seen the problem you describe.

BTW,

cocteau$ patch -v
patch 2.5.4
Copyright 1984-1988 Larry Wall
Copyright 1989-1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute copies of this program
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.

written by Larry Wall and Paul Eggert

On Thursday, June 13, 2002, at 12:21 PM, fink-users-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

cocteau$ fink list patch
Information about 1252 packages read in 4 seconds.
     makepatch       2.00.08-1   Perl scripts to make and apply patches
     patch           2.5.4-2     Utility to apply patches to source trees

It's not certain there is a problem with the default patch, but you might 
want to try using the
fink-installed patch.
regards,
Ken Engel

> Message: 2
> From: "Hester, Jeffrey W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"
>        <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:06:23 -0500
> Subject: [Fink-users] Patch
>
> Hello all,
>
> Can someone verify their "patch" for me?  Here's mine:
>
> [localhost:~] hester% which patch
> /usr/bin/patch
> [localhost:~] hester% ls -l /usr/bin/patch
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     wheel       97948 Dec 26 08:27 /usr/bin/patch
> [localhost:~] hester%
>
> For some reason some packages being installed by fink "lock up" during
> installation. It's always when a patch is being done and I've traced it do
> to patch being used on a file that doesn't exist.  It just "freezes" 
> instead
> of moving on.  The command line just sits there with the "patching file
> filename".  I have to restart the whole machine when this happens because
> when I try to go to another app I get the multicolor wheel that spins for
> ever.  The latest problem I've had is with "fink update-all" getting to
> Xfree-base.  I'm using gcc3.1 from Apr Dev Tools and also update fink from
> the cvs.
>
> Thanks.
>
>   Jeff


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