On 8/9/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> To have a guideline that says use an old patch that applies with
> fuzz and offsets when a better patch exists to do the same thing
> without fuzz and offsets, is just plain silly.

Offsets are probably ok, they just mean that the lines were shifted.
Fuzz could potentially cause problems but I don't remember seeing a
patch that did.

BTW, if the guidelines for patch submission had been followed, there
would not have been a "better" patch ;-)

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