Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 19:49:41 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing diff's default output format Message-ID: <l03020918b49013348e36@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <19991229112002.P2130@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <l03020916b490001e11bd@[194.32.164.2]>; from rb@gid.co.uk on Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 06:17:00PM %2B0000 <19991228133654.A6358@dragon.nuxi.com> <l03020916b490001e11bd@[194.32.164.2]>
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At 11:20 am -0800 29/12/99, David O'Brien wrote: >On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 06:17:00PM +0000, Bob Bishop wrote: >> Don't Do That - the cure would be far worse than the disease. > >Why? Can you substantiate? Well just for a start it will break /etc/security (fairly trivially, I'll grant). How many other scripts in the world will it break? What about cvs? (Just guessing). Plus as others have pointed out nobody else's diff does this. How about adding "DIFF_OPTIONS=-u" to standard profiles instead? -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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