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Re: Patch, diff, and line-endings
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:00 PM, David Eisner <deisner@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cygwin versions (2.8.7 and 2.5.8 respectively). ?When I get a chance,
> I'll try the newer versions on Linux and see what happens.
Also works fine on Linux with patch 2.5.8 (and diff 2.9 -- version
2.8.7 was never a stable release, I think).
In any case, I figured out the fix: Use patch --binary. That switch
is only available on Cygwin. Now it works fine. I'm still not quite
sure why I have to do this. Anyhoo, it works.
-David
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