From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Jan 20 02:20:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA23076 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 02:20:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from helios.dnttm.ru (root@dnttm.wave.ras.ru [194.85.104.197]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA23007; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 02:19:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by helios.dnttm.ru (8.8.5/8.8.5/IP-3) with UUCP id NAA06186; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 13:13:23 +0300 Received: from tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA02614; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 13:17:58 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru) Message-Id: <199801201017.NAA02614@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: Андрей Чернов cc: Dmitrij Tejblum , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: amanda port, empty PATCH_STRIP= lines causes trouble In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:46:47 +0300." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 13:17:57 +0300 From: Dmitrij Tejblum Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Андрей Чернов wrote: > The fact (slightly oversimplified) is that > > old (not hacked) patch could correctly apply *most* (old) CVS diffs, while new > > patch cannot. (FreeBSD-hacked patch could apply *all* CVS diffs, but not > > hacked could apply *most*). > > "Most" correct variant is even worse that incorrect one. Agreed. But above is answer to your question about how "incorrect" diffs can be "distribution" patches. > I.e. any correctness probability less then 100% is simple not correct. But it is not called "old and new patch handle Index: line equally". Most is still most, and people definitely can notice the difference. Dima