[comp.lang.perl] Some Perl patches fail

jukoff@imram.net.com (Steve Jukoff) (04/27/91)

I un-sharred the kits and applied the patches immediately.
Several files were consistently flagged as:

File to patch: 
No file found--skip this patch? [n]      (...I RESPONDED 'y'...)


AS IN:

Hmm...  The next patch looks like a new-style context diff to me...
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|
|Index: perl_man.4
|Prereq: 3.0.1.12
|*** perl_man.4.old	Sat Nov 10 02:33:50 1990
|--- perl_man.4	Sat Nov 10 02:34:09 1990
--------------------------
File to patch: 
No file found--skip this patch? [n] y
Skipping patch...
Hunk #1 ignored at 1.
Hunk #2 ignored at 63.
Hunk #3 ignored at 226.
Hunk #4 ignored at 777.
Hunk #5 ignored at 832.
Hunk #6 ignored at 1093.
6 out of 6 hunks ignored--saving rejects to perl_man.4.rej


The (repeatedly) "un-patchable" files were: 
config_h.SH
perl_man.{1,2,3,4}
t/op.s        (...ONE TIME ONLY FOR THIS FILE...)


What could I have done to have prevented this?
What can I do to fix it?
Why did it happen?


The sequence of commands used to cause these errors were:

foreach file ( perl.kit* )
  sh $file
end

foreach pp ( perl-patch3.* )
  patch -p -N < $pp
end

Any help appreciated.

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