> From: Sean Sieger <sean.sie...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:41:46 -0400 > > I'm trying to use `ediff-patch-file' to apply a patch from an *Article* > buffer in Gnus to two files (well, three) in emacs-23.1.95/lib-src and > in the first session it fails.
Did you remember to specify --binary switch to Patch, and also force unix EOLs for the patch text? I don't use `ediff-patch-file', but when I patch files from diffs that I have in Emacs, I do this: C-x RET c unix RET M-| patch --binary -d /path/to/emacs/tree -p0 RET (The argument to -d and the "-p0" part need sometimes tweaking if the diffs were not produced from the top-level directory of the Emacs tree.) You need --binary and Unix EOLs because the files you are patching have Unix EOLs, and the GnuWin32 port of Patch will fail unless the EOL formats match. HTH
