From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Dec 28 15:19:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE58314EB9 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:19:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA06426 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 00:19:05 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id AAA74604 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 00:19:03 +0100 (MET) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 419F115639; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:18:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id JAA83372; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:48:25 +1030 (CST) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:48:25 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Warner Losh , Matthew Jacob Cc: obrien@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing diff's default output format Message-ID: <19991229094825.P1316@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199912282151.OAA64511@harmony.village.org> <19991228133654.A6358@dragon.nuxi.com> <199912282139.OAA64375@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <199912282139.OAA64375@harmony.village.org> WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday, 28 December 1999 at 14:39:02 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <19991228133654.A6358@dragon.nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes: >> I'm tired of getting useless diffs from clueless people in traditional >> format. I'd like to change the default format to -u (or even -c if that >> is more popular). Opinions? > > I'd love to see the default format changed to -u (since most people > have learned to read it, but there are a few vocal exceptions). I > worry that it will break scripts, cvs, etc. What is the impact of > doing this? On Tuesday, 28 December 1999 at 13:56:21 -0800, Matt Jacob wrote: > >> In message Matthew Jacob writes: >>> -u over -c will break the movement of diffs from *BSD to Solaris which I >>> use every nigh >>> t. >> >> Don't you explicitly use -c now? Right now there is no context diff > > Sorry, I'm a bonehead, that's true enough. So we have no objection to the change? I suppose the real question is: does *anyone* use the default format? I'm definitely in favour of changing the default, and I'd prefer -u to -c. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message