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Re: maintaining bash


On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 06:39:13PM -0700, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
>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

I seem to vaguely recall that thread...

cgf


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