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Date:      Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:51:36 +0200
From:      Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>
To:        Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: diff regression
Message-ID:  <49E09258.1040103@bsdforen.de>
In-Reply-To: <49E09045.30904@delphij.net>
References:  <200904091819.n39IJjDb027358@freefall.freebsd.org>	<49E083AD.5030608@bsdforen.de> <49E09045.30904@delphij.net>

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Xin LI wrote:
> Dominic Fandrey wrote:
> | miwi@FreeBSD.org wrote:
> |> Synopsis: [maintainer-update] www/xpi-modify_headers
> |>
> |> State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
> |> State-Changed-By: miwi
> |> State-Changed-When: Thu Apr 9 18:19:08 UTC 2009
> |> State-Changed-Why:
> |>
> |> Howdy,
> |>
> |> Patch rejected:
> |> http://64bit.miwibox.org/index.php?action=describe_port&id=2152
> |> http://32bit.miwibox.org/index.php?action=describe_port&id=2042
> |>
> |
> | OK, this really sucks. diff has lost the -P option, that I've been
> | relying on. Compare:
> | http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=diff&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE
> | http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=diff&manpath=FreeBSD+7.1-RELEASE
> |
> | It used to say:
> |        -P     When comparing directories, if a file appears only in
> the second
> |           directory of the two, treat it  as  present  but    empty 
> in  the
> |           other.
> |
> | Now it's gone. Regression?
> 
> What's wrong with -N?

Nothing, I just didn't know about -N.



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