According to Patrick Robinson:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 11:06:43AM -0400, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Patrick Robinson wrote:
> > > > ftp://ftp.ccsf.org/htdig-patches/3.1.5/hop_count.0
> > >
> > > Is this patch format specific to a particular patch program? The
> > > "patch" which is part of my Solaris 2.6 system complains:
> >
> > I think the Solaris patch program is a bit picky. Grab the file, then
> > remove everything up to the line that says "Use patch -p0" and everything
> > after the "--" that starts Gilles's signature.
>
> Actually, I had already tried that. I tried including the "Use patch -p0"
> line, and I tried excluding it. And I tried it with and without the "--"
> that starts Gilles's sig.
>
> I get the same result.
I think the Solaris patch program is buggy when it comes to parsing
unified diffs. The patch itself on ftp.ccsf.org is fine - it doesn't
have mangled tabs or anything like that. It's a simple enough patch
that you can just apply the change by hand quickly, though, so that's
the easy fix.
However, most patches in the archives are unified diffs, so if you want
to get a working patch utility that can handle them all, I suggest you
get and install GNU patch.
--
Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930
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