On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Marc Haber wrote:
> |mh@torres:/mnt/main6/home/mh > patch -p0 < exim-patch-3.01-3.02
> |missing header for context diff at line 30 of patch
> |patching file `exim-3.01/Makefile'
I wonder what is going on here? I just tried this on a RedHat 4.2
system, and I did not get this error. The start of my output was
Hmm... Looks like a new-style context diff to me...
The text leading up to this was:
> |mh@torres:/mnt/main6/home/mh > patch --version
> |patch 2.5
Maybe that's the difference. The version of patch I was using was 2.1,
and it didn't output the copyright stuff. I wonder what the "missing
header" is that it wants? I suppose I will have to get hold of a copy
of patch 2.5 some time and try to sort out what's going on. I have made
a note in my "infelicities" list. Thanks for the details.
> I see. I will try to remember to delete the build directory after
> applying a patch.
You don't need to do that. Just edit build..../cnumber.h and change its
contents to "0". I will put a note in the patch instructions for the
future.
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