On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 16:08, Libertas wrote: > On 11/27/2014 07:38 AM, Raimo Niskanen wrote: >> I have also learned to use the -C flag to patch... > > Have we ever considered changing the suggested shell commands in the > patches to ensure that the patch will apply cleanly before trying? We > could wrap the actual patch command an if-block with a 'patch -C' condition.
There are few circumstances in which that would matter. The expectation is that the patch should apply. Now, you are always welcome to run patch -C on your systems, but otherwise it complicates the instructions and we'd prefer to keep them simple.
