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[bug-patch] GNU patch version 2.7.1 released
From: |
Andreas Grünbacher |
Subject: |
[bug-patch] GNU patch version 2.7.1 released |
Date: |
Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:58:22 +0200 |
A number of annoying problems and bugs were found in the patch 2.7 release,
which calls for a bugfix release. The changes since version 2.7 include:
* Two critical bug fixes in the "diff --git" format support.
* Clarify the message printed when a patch is expected to empty out and delete
a file, but the file does not become empty.
* Various improvements to messages when applying a patch to a file of different
type (regular file vs. symlink), when there are line ending differences (LF
vs. CRLF), and when in --dry-run mode.
* When in the root directory, allow file names that are absolute or that
contain a component of "..".
* New --follow-symlinks option to allow to treat symlinks as files: this was
patch's behavior before version 2.7.
* Ignore when extended attributes cannot be preserved because they are
unsupported or because permission to set them is denied.
* License clarifications in NEWS and README.
* Portability bug fixes.
Release tarballs are available at:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
Please report bugs or suggestions on the <address@hidden> mailing list, or
in the project's bug tracker on Savannah:
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch
Thanks,
Andreas
- [bug-patch] GNU patch version 2.7.1 released,
Andreas Grünbacher <=