Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:30:27 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: obrien@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing diff's default output format Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912281730030.1577-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <199912290059.RAA65616@harmony.village.org>
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The actual solution to the problem is to ignore mail (and broken diff output) that's stupid. On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Warner Losh wrote: > 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
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