[3936] in Athena Bugs
vax 6.4R: patch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (vanharen@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jan 10 11:24:56 1990
From: vanharen@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 11:24:34 EST
System name: fries
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 6.4R
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
using "patch -D" to apply a diff to a source file, using ifdef's
to mark changes.
What's wrong:
"patch -D" would not take __STDC__ as the identifier to ifdef
on, even when it was quoted...:
fries /mit/olcdev/src/server+ % patch -D __STDC__ db.c /tmp/diff
Argument to -D not an identifier.
fries /mit/olcdev/src/server+ % patch -D "__STDC__" db.c /tmp/diff
Argument to -D not an identifier.
fries /mit/olcdev/src/server+ % patch -D '__STDC__' db.c /tmp/diff
Argument to -D not an identifier.
What should have happened:
it should let me use whatever I want...
