On Linux, it is possible for configure scripts to fail with 0: Bad file descriptor unless we run exec 0</dev/null first to "prime" the file descriptor. This is currently required to build GNU patch. While the workaround is easy to apply, the root cause should be identified and resolved and any workarounds removed.
On Linux, it is possible for configure scripts to fail with
0: Bad file descriptorunless we runexec 0</dev/nullfirst to "prime" the file descriptor. This is currently required to build GNUpatch. While the workaround is easy to apply, the root cause should be identified and resolved and any workarounds removed.