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From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: How to apply python patch for issue9729
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:49:42 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2015-02-24, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Sada Shirol <get2sada@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Upon some research found that I need to apply below patch:
>>
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue9729
>>
>> How do I apply a patch to python 2.6.6 on Linux?
>
> Hmm. You have a bit of a problem there: The patch wasn't designed to
> apply to 2.6. So you may find that it doesn't apply at all, or needs
> some tweaking.

Or worse yet, it applies just fine but doesn't work quite right in
particular cases that you won't run across until later when it's much
more embarassing.

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