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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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