Re: [bug-patch] patch-2.7 forgets to rename backup to original, upon failure?

2012-09-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Andreas Grünbacher wrote: 2012/9/12 Jim Meyering j...@meyering.net: This takes place on automake's maint branch: commit 9c4ad6973eedb074a9381e14a6c1eeeb285c2465 It looks like when patch application fails, patch renames the target to the backup name, FILE.~1~, but doesn't move it back,

Re: [bug-patch] FW: patch-2.7: make check problem on HP NonStop: we can't open() a symlink

2012-09-13 Thread Joachim Schmitz
From: Andreas Grünbacher [mailto:andreas.gruenbac...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 2:30 PM To: Joachim Schmitz Cc: bug-patch@gnu.org Subject: Re: FW: patch-2.7: make check problem on HP NonStop: we can't open() a symlink Joachim, 2012/9/13 Joachim Schmitz