Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:59:03 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing diff's default output format Message-ID: <199912290059.RAA65616@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:48:40 PST." <19991228164840.A7516@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <19991228164840.A7516@dragon.nuxi.com> <19991228133654.A6358@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912281340000.1577-100000@beppo.feral.com>
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In message <19991228164840.A7516@dragon.nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes: : BUT, this does not fix the problem -- lusers constantly sending me : traditional diffs that usually don't apply for various reasons. On my : machines I already have ``DIFF_OPTIONS=-u''. Hmmm, maybe we need a DIFF_POSIX_ME_HARDER=y to restore the old behavior after David makes this change :-) Actually, DIFF_POSIXLY_CORRECT might be a better name. This wouild solve David's problem with an escape hatch for those that need compatibility between systems. However, having said that, I'm afraid that the cure may be worse than the problem. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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