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Re: Problem with RCS finding diff
From: |
Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng |
Subject: |
Re: Problem with RCS finding diff |
Date: |
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 21:54:20 +0000 (GMT) |
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Aaron S. Hawley wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote:
>
> > Yes, Linux does this, for one. But I saw no information about which
> > platform this was, so could not infer anything.
> >
> > Hugh
>
> GNU/Linux not linux. commence flame-war :)
Yes, I keep forgetting, as I've {seen,used} it in its short form
for so long.
>
> is it really true that RCS only works with gnu diff? or is that for
Possibly not. Again, I didn't know the platform, have had problems
with Solaris diff which has never supported -u (which is my preferred
way of reading patches and rcsdiff ouptut), and provided the most
direct route I could to a solution. Gnu diff will work.
> extended functionality. it seems to make some weak checks in the automake
> file, i couldn't figure out what they were exactly.
I never became fluent in autconf.
>
> /a
>
Hugh