[bug-patch] patch-2.6.1.136-31a7 test suite failures on *BSD systems

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

patch-2.6.1.136-31a7 gets test suite failures on *BSD systems.

FreeBSD 8.2 IA-32:

29 of 31 tests failed
See tests/test-suite.log

MirBSD 10 IA-32:
FAIL: merge
FAIL: read-only-files

2 of 31 tests failed

NetBSD 5.0.2 IA-32:

FAIL: merge
FAIL: read-only-files

2 of 31 tests failed

OpenBSD 4.7 IA-32:

FAIL: merge
FAIL: read-only-files

2 of 31 tests failed

For example, on OpenBSD, tests/merge.log shows

* x 3 -- FAILED
--- expected
+++ got
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-1
-2
-3
+./merge: shift: nothing to shift
 
-1
-2
-3
+./merge: shift: nothing to shift
* x 3  2d -- FAILED
--- expected
+++ got
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-1
-3
+./merge: shift: nothing to shift
...

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