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Re: maintaining bash


On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 09:15:30PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 08:43:50PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 01:28:46PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > > > You generate a patch (using "diff -puN" against the original sources),
> > > >
> > > > Funny, I used -p0rN4u for the fortune package, but I guess that's a
> > > > special case.
> > >
> > > I usually use -purN, actually, but I figured the recursive part was
> > > implied...  What do -0 and -4 do, exactly?
> >
> > 0 gives 0 lines of context (default is 3), and 4 gives 4 lines of
> > context :)
> 
> Interesting -- this wasn't in my diff manual (at least that particular
> option -- I did know about -U0 and -U4, of course).  Also, what's the
> point in setting the context lines to 0 and then to 4?

Oh, I just had reasons; you may wish to review the thread at
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-01/msg00184.html


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