From 2280c5b4a5cff3194ca4980dc9d254458881773e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 08:48:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: correct an ancient "At present" * doc/diffutils.texi (Unified Format): Correct the now seriously outdated "At present" (referring to early 1990s) statement to be more of a historical note. Reported by Roland Illig in http://bugs.gnu.org/39184. --- doc/diffutils.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/diffutils.texi b/doc/diffutils.texi index 2f3d412..5da8e11 100644 --- a/doc/diffutils.texi +++ b/doc/diffutils.texi @@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ or @option{-u} option. The argument @var{lines} is the number of lines of context to show. When it is not given, it defaults to three. -At present, only GNU @command{diff} can produce this format and -only GNU @command{patch} can automatically apply diffs in this +In the early 1990s, only GNU @command{diff} could produce this format and +only GNU @command{patch} could automatically apply diffs in this format. For proper operation, @command{patch} typically needs at least three lines of context. -- 2.25.0.2.g232378479e