Hi Dave,
On Die, 21 Dez 1999 David Schleef wrote:
>On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 12:51:07AM +0100, Jochen Kuepper wrote:
>>
>> It doesn't actually matter wether it is called patch or copyto.
>> I personally prefer the "diff -u" output because to me its simple to read.
>> But then I don't see any other disadvantage of the copyto besides it not
>> being common usage.
>
>You can't tell if copyto failed. For that reason, you can't even begin
>to attempt to apply it to a kernel it wasn't intended for.
Oh, correct.
Then, there are patch-programs out that don't tell you either (RedHat-6.x
shipps such) :-) But at least you can use a "patch" that tells you.
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