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From: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca (Todd Pfaff)
Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-1.0R] Epsilon -> Release patches -
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I had the same problems (-p1 and patch rejects) applying these patches.  I ended up
installing the RELEASE sourcedist and building the world.

In article 752427162@kudu, g89r4222@kudu.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I have just been trying to install the Epsilon to Release patches
> for FreeBSD, and have found a few problems (me being braindead?).
> 
> Anyhow, the instructions say to use patch -p1 -E - I think that
> should say patch -p2 -E (that's not really the problem).
> 
> When I got the patches applied (or rather tried to) I got a lot
> of rejects in the sys tree.
> 
> What mileage have other people had with these patches?
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> (BTW - I've backed the patches out, and I'm ftp'ing down the full
> source tree now.)
> 
> 
> 
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