Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Dimitri Fontaine > <dimi...@2ndquadrant.fr> wrote: >> Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >>> I think that new versions of patch can handle unified diffs without a >>> problem, but older versions choke on them. My Mac has 2.5.8 and >>> handles unidiffs no problem.
>> Even containing git headers? > Yeah, it just skips right over them. I've never had even a minor > problem on that account, which is why I was surprised to see it giving > you so much trouble. I haven't observed any such problems even with the rather ancient copy of GNU patch on my HPUX box (seems to be 2.5.4, released in 1999). I vaguely recall having had to replace the even older vendor-supplied patch because that one didn't do unidiffs ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers