Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/patch

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:"Matthew Dillon" <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>     We can go back to the 'proper' -b if someone can get FreeBSD to fix
:>     their patch options in their ports/Mk files, or failing that when
:>     we begin weaning ourselves off the ports system and onto our own or
:>     someone else's.
:Can't we hack around this and maintain our own ports/Mk files in
:/usr/dfports for example? There must be a way to avoid FreeBSD dependency in
:these kind of issues.

    I think it's best to keep the new patch compatible with the old patch
    for now.  We could deprecate the -b option (that is, have patch print
    a warning to stderr whenever someone uses it) to try to avoid future
    issues, since gnu long-format alternative options already exist.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>