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Re: [BUG] Patch.exe problem report

On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 02:27:00PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>It now opens the source file in O_TEXT mode and writes
>>it in O_BINARY so that the destination file is always
>>written out with UNIX LFs.
>
>Ummm...is that really a good idea?  patch will now autoconvert every 
>"dosmode" file to "unixmode" -- even on text mounts?  (I use only 
>binmounts, so *I'm* not worried, but....)

I made an executive decision on this.  It seems like the best solution
to the problem.  It's consistent with other tools like bison, awk, sed,
etc., too.

cgf

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