Package: patch
Version: 2.6-3
Severity: normal
hello,
the following description in the manpage says (below), but
when using patch -b and not specifying -V, it clobbers the .orig
file instead of using the numbered or t method as explained
as the default. from the description i was expecting a file
name like X.c.orig.0 to be created if X.c.orig already existed.
i'm not sure what the actual intended default is, but i'm pretty
sure some people don't want their .orig files overwritten.
the added text to the simple method that reflects current behavior
would be something like:
"simple overwrites the file.orig if it already exists."
thanks for your attention, having much fun, enjoying
wheezy/testing :)
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-V method or --version-control=method
....
existing or nil
Make numbered backups of files that already have them, otherwise
simple
backups. This is the default.
numbered or t
Make numbered backups. The numbered backup file name for F is
F.~N~
where N is the version number.
simple or never
Make simple backups. The -B or --prefix, -Y or --basename-
prefix, and
-z or --suffix options specify the simple backup file name. If
none of
these options are given, then a simple backup suffix is used; it
is the
value of the SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX environment variable if set,
and is
.orig otherwise.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages patch depends on:
ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
patch recommends no packages.
Versions of packages patch suggests:
pn diffutils-doc <none> (no description available)
ii ed 1.4-3 The classic UNIX line editor
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