Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 16:30:18 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/88427: Diff (1) error. Message-ID: <200511031630.jA3GUI1q052384@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/88427; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Jimmie James <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/88427: Diff (1) error. Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 18:28:49 +0200 On 2005-11-03 02:32, Jimmie James <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> wrote: > man (1) diff says to use diff -crN foo.orig foo >foo.diff to create > a diff patch, where it should be -urN (as told to me by dho on > ##freebsd) Both ways are valid. This is not a bug in the manpage. It may be preferrable to use one of the two in some cases, but that's definitely not something that we have to document as "The One True Way" of generating patches.
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