From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Dec 28 16:59:48 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 CEA0F14C95 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:59:26 -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 BAA07075 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 01:59:25 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id BAA75095 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 01:59:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3BD814EBB; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:59:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA41385; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:59:04 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id RAA65616; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:59:03 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199912290059.RAA65616@harmony.village.org> To: obrien@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing diff's default output format Cc: Matthew Jacob , arch@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:48:40 PST." <19991228164840.A7516@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <19991228164840.A7516@dragon.nuxi.com> <19991228133654.A6358@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:59:03 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <19991228164840.A7516@dragon.nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes: : BUT, this does not fix the problem -- lusers constantly sending me : traditional diffs that usually don't apply for various reasons. On my : machines I already have ``DIFF_OPTIONS=-u''. Hmmm, maybe we need a DIFF_POSIX_ME_HARDER=y to restore the old behavior after David makes this change :-) Actually, DIFF_POSIXLY_CORRECT might be a better name. This wouild solve David's problem with an escape hatch for those that need compatibility between systems. However, having said that, I'm afraid that the cure may be worse than the problem. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message