NetBSD Problem Report #11221

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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 16:23:23 +0100 (BST)
From: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
Sender: Ben Harris <bjh21@cus.cam.ac.uk>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: POSIX.2: patch -i <patchfile> is not supported

>Number:         11221
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       POSIX.2: patch -i <patchfile> is not supported
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    standards-manager
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Oct 14 15:24:00 +0000 2000
>Closed-Date:    Mon Oct 16 07:05:58 +0000 2000
>Last-Modified:  Mon Oct 16 07:05:58 +0000 2000
>Originator:     Ben Harris
>Release:        2000-02-07
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD cromarty 1.4X NetBSD 1.4X (CROMARTY) #9: Wed May  3 23:49:51 BST 2000
     bjh21@cromarty:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/CROMARTY macppc

>Description:
According to POSIX.2, patch -i <patchfile> should cause patch to read
patches from that file rather than from standard input.  It doesn't.

>How-To-Repeat:
cromarty:~$ patch -i /dev/null
patch: unrecognized option `-i'
Usage: patch [options] [origfile [patchfile]] [+ [options] [origfile]]...
Options:
       [-ceEflnNRsStuv] [-b backup-ext] [-B backup-prefix] [-d directory]
       [-D symbol] [-Fmax-fuzz] [-o out-file] [-p[strip-count]]
       [-r rej-name] [-V {numbered,existing,simple}]

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: kleink 
State-Changed-When: Mon Oct 16 00:05:21 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
Fixed; added an equivalent --patchfile option along with it. 
>Unformatted:

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