From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 08:17:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A55251065672 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70E1E8FC25 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:17:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadx2 with SMTP id x2so697364iad.13 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:17:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=RYQF0b9p36SCS8N6ytdMt3B8cSITnaa7LoREOWRWveg=; b=HJqT36OPNMXSRnmEYq4jjCZl+OUI03XqjCqy4ofEZox0NxKYEEpGbVyfykr4b9aTm9 R6mieqwBW4pQvMQMKf7MyoyoEtMdEQPGQYeEZY9za9i/UzDZnfC4phgAJzE0aLRPYDJy vRrWI769vinH88rynytfe7sq3TwY31tuvPriE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.66.85 with SMTP id m21mr245757ibi.53.1314778672802; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.61.148 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.61.148 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:17:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110830195114.56a8f255@cox.net> References: <20110830195114.56a8f255@cox.net> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:17:52 +0100 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (maintainer question) Possible bug in cvs: cvs diff -uN: -N switch being ignored (disappearing, actually) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:17:53 -0000 On 31 Aug 2011 01:51, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote: > > Odd little problem here I'm noticing with cvs. > > When I do a "cvs diff -uN", for some reason the -N switch is being > ignored. It vanishes completely in the header of the resulting > output. I've been trying to rename one of my patch files to conform to > portlint's recommendations, but unless I can get -N to work properly, > this is a no-go. Whether I add 'cvs diff -uN' to my .cvsrc, or > explicitly add it at the command line, makes no difference. > > For instance: > > [root@serene /usr/ports/net-p2p/lopster]# cvs diff -uN > cvs diff: Diffing . > Index: Makefile > =================================================================== > RCS file: /home/ncvs/ports/net-p2p/lopster/Makefile,v > retrieving revision 1.44 > diff -u -r1.44 Makefile > ^ > |__ What happened to -N? > > [snip remainder of diff output] > > Incidentally, this problem started before I upgraded two days ago from > 9.0-BETA1 to 9.0-BETA1, so it's not OS version-related. > > Any idea what could be causing this and how to correct it? Is this a > bug in cvs? Should I send-pr it? Did you remember to cvs add / rm the files you're adding/removing? Do you know what -N does? Chris