Re: patch(1): infinite loop on malformed ed script input

On 2026/04/06 18:51, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> "Theo de Raadt":
> 
> > Don't you dare break patch this close to an OpenBSD release.
> > If this program fails to apply a patch, it will be deeply painful.
> 
> Yes, I'd like to gently remind people that there are 24,000+ patch
> files in the ports tree.

+ some in downloaded patches rather than the tree.

And a failure to apply correctly might manifest as a mis-application,
not necesarily an error exit code from patch.