On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 05:05, Paul Eggert wrote: > Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > As far as I can see, this is a bug in 'patch', as 'patch' currently > violates POSIX in this respect. > <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/xcu_chap01.html#tag_01_07_01_04> > says that when a standard utility writes an existing regular file, it > should not unlink and then create it; it should simply open it for > writing. Good catch. The patch utility description doesn't overrule that either. > > It needn't be the default, but it certainly should be an option, > > Yes, it would be reasonable to add it as an option. Is this something an autoconf developer would be inclined to scratch? If not, could I get some pointers about the best place in autoconf to look? Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://www.robertcollins.net/keys.txt>.
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