[Gllug] Patch / perforce error

[Bruce Richardson]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 04:59:15PM +0100, Richard wrote:
> patch: **** File Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl seems to be locked by somebody else under Perforce
> 
> I can fix this by adding -g0 to the command line to patch.  What I
> want to know is why the error occurs?  I'm not using Perforce ...

It's an issue with GNU patch.  You can stop it from happening by
setting PATCH_GET to 0 or by setting POSIXLY_CORRECT (though the latter
option would affect more tools than just patch).

-- 
Bruce

I object to intellect without discipline.  I object to power without
constructive purpose. -- Spock
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