Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!necntc!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs Subject: Re: patch 2.0 patch #12 Summary: microscopic complaint Message-ID: <1155@X.UUCP> Date: 23 Jun 88 23:22:00 GMT References: <2306@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> Organization: Servants of the Great White Frog Lines: 16 In article <2306@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>, lwall@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes: > System: patch version 2.0 > Patch #: 12 > Priority: LOW > Subject: some faulty declarations > I tried installing these patches and got some rejected hunks. On further exploration, I discovered that the reason was the SCCS control strings -- either the files I had were marked "Locked" and the patch was based on "Exp", or the other way around. Perhaps patch could be trained to ignore this particular difference (sort of like ignoring whitespace, but a lot harder). -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, john@frog.UUCP, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw@eddie.mit.edu Guns don't kill people; I kill people.