Hi.
2.6.1 hasn't '--follow-symlinks' option.
IMHO best way - to copy config (with -L to dereference symlink) to new 
file, and patch them.

13.08.2014 19:33, kp kirchdoerfer пишет:
> Hi all;
>
> David noticed me some time ago that patch 2.7.1 leads to build failures.
>
> I've updated yesterday my build host to (k)ubuntu 14.04LTS and patch was
> updated to 2.7.1 - and no surprise I see the same error:
>
>   File Bering-3.4.75.config is not a regular file -- refusing to
>          patch
>          1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file
>          Bering-3.4.75.config-i686.rej
>          make: *** [.configured] Error 1
>
>
> He also identified the cause for the issue and found a solution/workaround:
>
> "I suspect I have a more fussy version of the 'patch' command on my build
> host (Fedora 19, GNU patch 2.7.1) than most people. If I add the
> "--follow-symlinks" argument to the "patch" calls in linux/buildtool.mk
> it works as intended."
>
> I confirm it works also on my build host (unless something fails later in the
> build).
>
>
> If you still have an earlier version patch, can you pls test, if it breaks, if
> we change buildtool.mk and add "--follow-symlinks" as parameter?
>
> If it breaks - any ideas for a workaround?
>
>
> kp
>
>
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