Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files

2003-08-19 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:46:32PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > I've uploaded a 1.5.2 test version of a new patch, 2.5.8-7. It > > reenables --binary for reading on Cygwin. > > Please give it a try (*iff* you're using Cygwin 1.5.2). > > Yes, that works, thanks. Good.

Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files

2003-08-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 06:00:41PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:52:09PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: >>> Because patch always reads its input in textmode, it cannot be used to apply >>> patches to binary files - e.g. gcc-core-3.3-3.3.1.diff, wh

Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files

2003-08-19 Thread help-octave-request
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Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files

2003-08-19 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 06:00:41PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:52:09PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: > > Because patch always reads its input in textmode, it cannot be used to apply > > patches to binary files - e.g. gcc-core-3.3-3.3.1.diff, which updates binary > > .gmo

Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files

2003-08-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:52:09PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: > Because patch always reads its input in textmode, it cannot be used to apply > patches to binary files - e.g. gcc-core-3.3-3.3.1.diff, which updates binary > .gmo files. Bummer. I guess I have to patch patch once more. I'll recycle t