Hi, 

In message "[ruby-talk:00606] Re: A `File' is not a `IO'?????"
    on 99/08/10, clemens.hintze / alcatel.de <clemens.hintze / alcatel.de> writes:
>> It's for 1.3.7, however, I think there's no reason to fail for 1.3.6.
>> Mystery...  I have checked in my changes into CVS, you can try if you
>> can use anon CVS server.
>
>No, I cannot. At least not here in company! I have tried to apply them
>via `patch' tool onto 1.3.6 and it fails. Three rejects, or so.

I'm guessing your `patch' is too old. It is known that earlier
versions of `patch' sometime reject `-u1' diff file. In this
connection, my `patch' is version 2.1. 

>Afterwards I have applied them by hand. But the most classes will not
>copy its instance variables, using Gotoken's test.
>
>Strange! But I will try it again, if I have fetched 1.3.7.

Hummm, I tried to patch to 1.3.6 and then tested but I got same as 1.3.7.

-- gotoken