Bug 192530

Summary:	patch(1) reject format no longer fixed in context format but missing reject-format option
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Melvyn Sopacua <m.r.sopacua>
Component:	bin	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed Not Accepted
Severity:	Affects Many People
Priority:	---
Version:	10.0-STABLE
Hardware:	amd64
OS:	Any

Description Melvyn Sopacua 2014-08-09 17:37:01 UTC

patch no longer creates reject files in the context format, contrary to what the manual page specifies.
It's behavior is similar to Ubuntu's (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/patch.1.html), but it's missing the option to select the reject format (through --reject-format or other ways).
Personally I prefer the old behavior, since context diffs are much easier to read and to spot why the rejection occurred, but at least I'd like the option to select it.

Comment 1 Melvyn Sopacua 2016-09-09 13:06:09 UTC

Obviously no interest, worked around locally and moving on.