Package: patch Version: 2.5.9-4 Severity: normal [11/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ ls -al total 16K drwxr-xr-x 2 mh mh 4.0K Sep 5 23:06 ./ drwxr-xr-x 18 mh mh 4.0K Sep 5 16:58 ../ -rwxr-xr-x 1 mh mh 5.5K Sep 5 23:04 some-file* [12/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ patch some-file /dev/null [13/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ ls -al total 16K drwxr-xr-x 2 mh mh 4.0K Sep 5 23:06 ./ drwxr-xr-x 18 mh mh 4.0K Sep 5 16:58 ../ -rwxr-xr-x 1 mh mh 5.5K Sep 5 23:04 some-file* [14/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ patch -o other-file some-file /dev/null [15/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ ls -al total 16K drwxr-xr-x 2 mh mh 4.0K Sep 5 23:06 ./ drwxr-xr-x 18 mh mh 4.0K Sep 5 16:58 ../ -rw------- 1 mh mh 0 Sep 5 23:06 other-file -rwxr-xr-x 1 mh mh 5.5K Sep 5 23:04 some-file* [16/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$
I think that patch -o should create a copy of the input file if fed a null patch, as this is the same behavior as when editing a file in place with a null patch. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.11-zgsrv Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages patch depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries patch recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
