From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 18 14:18:36 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA21232 for current-outgoing; Sat, 18 Nov 1995 14:18:36 -0800 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id OAA21226 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 1995 14:18:30 -0800 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA32059; Sat, 18 Nov 1995 17:18:12 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 17:18:12 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9511182218.AA32059@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Peter Wemm Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_de.c In-Reply-To: References: <199511172220.JAA25889@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: > I think if we're going to distribute "patches", then we can't go past CTM > for safety. You can guarantee that it will apply in it's entireity or > not at all... Unfortunately, this highlights a fundamental brokenness of CTM for distributing this sort of material: if the user has changed the file, the delta won't apply, even if the patch is to a different part of the file and therefore applies cleanly. Not Good. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant