Subject: Re: cvs diff vs diff(1)
To: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
From: Rene Hexel <rh@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/25/2003 21:13:53
On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 20:24, Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:

> it breaks pkgsrc policy to have diffs in "diff -bu" format, at least.
> see Packages.txt, section 4.3.

  Er, I guess you mean to say, "it breaks pkgsrc policy to have patches
in "cvs diff" format"?  Here is what Packages.txt has to say about
"diff -bu":


    | The patch-?? files should be in "diff -bu" format, and
    | apply without a fuzz to avoid problems


  Cheers
      ,
   Rene