On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:59:54 -0300, Clark Morris wrote: > >>>From what you say, diff and patch will not know or understand where the >>>source being supplied to update the original source goes. >>> >>Patch uses a combination of relative line numbers and context lines (such as >>appear >>in a SuperC listing). It works. >> >>>So, I don't think your method is going to fly with source coming from a >>>vendor that has to be updated via IEBUPDTE, nor is it going to fly with one >>>of our groups that uses IEBUPDTE to update their source... >>> >>Do those groups create their IEBUPDTE command files by hand? > >Other than by total replacement, how would you distribute source >maintenance other than by an IEBUPDTE like maintenance mechanism that >depends on sequence numbers? > "patch" works. It does not depend on sequence numbers. It's widely used.
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