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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 00:49:09 -0400
From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: A bit of feedback on the porter's handbook
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On Wed, 26 May 2004 06:14:26 +0200
bkhl@elektrubadur.se (Bj=F6rn Lindstr=F6m) wrote:

> I think there should be an example or two on how to use diff to generate
> patches, in section 4.4.
>=20
> I managed to get a patch for a single file, but I still haven't figured
> out how to do a patch for the whole directory, that works with ports.
>=20

diff -ruN old_dir new_dir > dir.patch


--=20
Tom Rhodes