--- patch-2.5.4/patch.c.suffix Thu Nov 2 17:57:46 2000
+++ patch-2.5.4/patch.c Thu Nov 2 17:58:25 2000
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@
: posixly_correct - 1);
val = getenv ("SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX");
- if (val && *val)
- simple_backup_suffix = val;
+ simple_backup_suffix = val && *val ? val : ".orig";
if ((version_control = getenv ("PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL")))
version_control_context = "$PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL";