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Date:      Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:09:44 +0100
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>, Dallas De Atley <deatley@apple.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: __P macro question
Message-ID:  <20020130100944.GH22384@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
In-Reply-To: <3C57C25C.4C1EB64D@mindspring.com>
References:  <21003.1012383661@critter.freebsd.dk> <3C57C25C.4C1EB64D@mindspring.com>

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-On [20020130 11:00], Terry Lambert (tlambert2@mindspring.com) wrote:
>PS: "Terry's set of problems" includes being able to diff
>FreeBSD code and NetBSD and OpenBSD code, as well as being
>able to diff new FreeBSD code against old FreeBSD code, and
>get something other than 400MB of cosmetic changes to header
>files and function prototypes.

You cannot avoid that already:

1) register keyword removal
2) whitespace cleanups (some even mandated by style(9) purists)
3) proc to thread changes

I think the list will continue for a while.

Diffing 5.0 to 4.4BSD Lite2 is be a, erm, fun undertaking.  Been
there, done that, maintaining status quo will not help in any way.

-- 
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven / asmodai / Kita no Mono / xMach coreteam
asmodai@[wxs.nl|xmach.org], finger asmodai@ninth-circle.org
http://www.softweyr.com/asmodai/
What is history but a fable agreed 'pon?

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