Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 02:32:30 GMT From: Jimmie James <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/88427: Diff (1) error. Message-ID: <200511030232.jA32WUxq055875@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200511030240.jA32eHB6024402@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 88427 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Diff (1) error. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 03 02:40:17 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jimmie James >Release: FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 >Organization: Toronto 2600 >Environment: FreeBSD fortytwo.zapto.org 6.0-RC1 FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 #0: Fri Oct 21 20:25:22 EDT 2005 root@fortytwo.zapto.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FORTYTWO i386 >Description: 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) >How-To-Repeat: Read the man (1) diff and on the website http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=diff&sektion=1 >Fix: --- diff.orig Wed Nov 2 21:31:06 2005 +++ diff.1 Wed Nov 2 21:31:17 2005 @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ .B send-pr(1) program), you could type .sp -diff -crN foo.orig foo >foo.diff +diff -urN foo.orig foo >foo.diff .sp where .I foo.orig >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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