Re: patch(1) max line length

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

    Date:        Fri, 12 Jul 2024 08:15:57 +0000
    From:        Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu%netbsd.org@localhost>
    Message-ID:  <ZpDmPYpd366xt+Dt%homeworld.netbsd.org@localhost>

  | I note the specification does not forbid the 
  | handling of lines longer than LINE_MAX characters.

No, it certainly does not do that.

However applications (at least if there's any attempt at portability
at all) shouldn't assume that will work.

kre