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From: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: __P macro question
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-On [20020130 11:00], Terry Lambert (tlambert2@mindspring.com) wrote:
>PS: "Terry's set of problems" includes being able to diff
>FreeBSD code and NetBSD and OpenBSD code, as well as being
>able to diff new FreeBSD code against old FreeBSD code, and
>get something other than 400MB of cosmetic changes to header
>files and function prototypes.

You cannot avoid that already:

1) register keyword removal
2) whitespace cleanups (some even mandated by style(9) purists)
3) proc to thread changes

I think the list will continue for a while.

Diffing 5.0 to 4.4BSD Lite2 is be a, erm, fun undertaking.  Been
there, done that, maintaining status quo will not help in any way.

-- 
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven / asmodai / Kita no Mono / xMach coreteam
asmodai@[wxs.nl|xmach.org], finger asmodai@ninth-circle.org
http://www.softweyr.com/asmodai/
What is history but a fable agreed 'pon?

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