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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 02:56:11 +0200
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: "Wilkinson,Alex" <Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: patches
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On 2002-11-21 11:13, "Wilkinson,Alex" <Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote:
> Can someone point me to a paper that explains the process of
> writing patches.

Patches are nothing more than the output of diff(1).  What uses they
are put in and how that is done is a totally different matter, which
is more of a "policy thing" than anything related to diff(1) itself.

What patches are you referring to?  Perhaps then it will be easier to
answer in more detail.


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