On 1/24/07, Mitch Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/24/07, Andreas Gruenbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> thanks for posting this. One very stupid idea that probably won't go anywhere:
> couldn't we build support for binary diffs into GNU diff and patch?
It seems the logical place to put it, however I'd be surprised if it
ever happens:
I found a bug in patch -D in about 1998, it was reported at least once to GNU
in 2002, and it's still unfixed in the latest GNU patch 2.5.4.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=140247
Also reported to them in 2005:
http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.utils.bugs/month=20050601
And discussed here:
http://www.opengroup.org/austin/mailarchives/ag-review/msg01203.html
Those wacky diff/patch hackers are the most radical lot since egcs! :-)
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