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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Binary Diff System in Arch
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Sam Phillips |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Binary Diff System in Arch |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Feb 2004 14:21:31 -0800 |
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004, at 08:59 PST, Tom Lord wrote:
> You got lots of good replies which could be summarized:
>
> ~ nobody is known to be working on it
> ~ we've talked about the design a big
> ~ the trick is to get diff and patch to "Do the Right Thing"
> ~ one way to do that is by wrapping diff and patch, another by
> modifying them
> ~ people will need your changes in one form or another if they
> are going to be able to read your archives
>
> I'm going to follow up with two additional points:
>
> ~ in addition to changing diff and patch, you'll also need to
> change diff3.
>
> ~ enclosed is an explanation of how things work and an outline of what
> needs to be done
Thanks everyone for suggestions. I think I'm going to mess around with
doing this a little, and see how it goes.
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Sam Phillips <address@hidden> http://www.dasbistro.com
San Francisco California
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