Re: Bug#402524: patch requires the same number of lines in the prefix and suffix contexts (fwd)

[Andreas Gruenbacher]

On Monday, 11 December 2006 0:33:06 Nicolas François wrote:
> Currently, patch assumes (in locate_hunk) that if the number of prefix
> context lines if greater than the number of suffix lines, the patch must
> be located at the end of the file.

Patch also assumes that hunks with less prefix than suffix contect must match 
at the beginning of a file. I don't think this assumption is justified, 
especilly since no amount of fuzz will help. (We've been shipping a version 
of patch with this assumption removed in SUSE for over a year now.)

This is a significant change though, so please speak up if you disagree!

Thanks,
Andreas