Re: Wrong patches

Kev (klmitch@mit.edu)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:54:40 EST

> > 2.1.126. Also a reversed patch is not wrong, it is only reversed.
> > patch does have a -R switch and will even detect a reversed patch and
> > ask you if you would like to apply the -R switch.
^^^^^^^
> And if this patch makes it into 2.1.127, then someone sees the patch and
> tries it on 2.1.127, figuring that if 2.1.127 has it already he'll see
> some errors...whoops! No errors, and the good patch gets backed out.

you should read a little more closely; if patch detects a reversed patch,
it will ask you if you want to apply -R to this hunk.

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