> i hope this comes out in plain text, sorry if it doesnt It did; thank you for your consideration :)
> how do i generate a .diff file from the ircu 2.10.11 source i have modified, > so that i can have a seperate patch file for patching into furture > releases/patch levels etc The easiest way, if you checked it out of CVS, is to use the "cvs diff" command. Type "cvs -H diff" for a summary of the options, but I tend to use "cvs diff -uN"--the "-u" gives you unified format, and the "-N" includes files added by "cvs add" but that haven't yet been committed. If you did have to add a file, there may be a problem, but if you just modified existing files, this'll be sufficient. Note that you should execute the above indicated CVS commands from inside the top level directory of the source tree. HTH... -- Kevin L. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>