From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jul 13 16:00:49 1995 Return-Path: ports-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA01889 for ports-outgoing; Thu, 13 Jul 1995 16:00:49 -0700 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id QAA01883 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 1995 16:00:39 -0700 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA18682 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Fri, 14 Jul 1995 02:45:52 +0400 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Fri, 14 Jul 95 02:45:51 +0400 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.6.8/8.6.6) id CAA01362; Fri, 14 Jul 1995 02:32:16 +0400 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Frank Bartels References: <3u446o$oih@nasim.nasim.cube.net> In-Reply-To: <3u446o$oih@nasim.nasim.cube.net>; from Frank Bartels at 13 Jul 1995 23:46:00 +0200 Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 02:32:15 +0400 (MSD) X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.40 FreeBSD] From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= aka "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: diffs and checksums Lines: 18 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 917 Sender: ports-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In message <3u446o$oih@nasim.nasim.cube.net> Frank Bartels writes: >I always wondered why all the patches are context and not unified >diffs. Unified diffs are much more readable and easier to edit. I >always read the diffs before doing the make and I sometimes disagree >with some (configuration) settings and want to edit the patches. I always wondered why some of the patches are unified and not context diffs. Context diffs are much more readable for human eye. I always read the diffs before doing the make and I sometimes disagree with some (configuration) settings, unified diffs makes this task more difficult. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849