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#2239: patch-2.5.9 Comment (by [EMAIL PROTECTED]): It used to be on the Gnu alpha site: http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/ but is no longer there. The only place I can find it is: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/patch/patch_2.5.9.orig.tar.gz I do remember a discussion from a few years ago about moving to this version, but since it was only on the 'alpha' server and not the main Gnu server, it was determined to stay with what we have (as it works). Not sure if we want to revisit this or not, but looking around today I noticed that most Distro's are using the 2.5.9 version in one way or another. Every one of the Distro's, however, is using it patched in one way or another. Makes me wonder if it is safe to use unpatched. The NEWS file in the package mentions some bug-fixes and some minor updates, but not much really. I didn't look at the actual ChangeLog. I think I'll post this over on -dev just to see if there is any input from the community. I will say this, I've never had a problem with the 2.5.4 version with anything, ever. -- Randy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
