Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 17:18:12 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_de.c Message-ID: <9511182218.AA32059@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951118064825.9154A-100000@jhome.DIALix.COM> References: <199511172220.JAA25889@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <Pine.BSF.3.91.951118064825.9154A-100000@jhome.DIALix.COM>
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<<On Sat, 18 Nov 1995 07:04:48 +0800 (WST), Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM> 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
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