>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 28 08:27:36 2006
>Dan Price wrote:
>> Does anyone know why we have gpatch but not gdiff in /usr/bin?
>
>Because back in 1999 when Mike Sullivan did the original "Getting
>with the Freeware Program" ARC case (PSARC 1999/555), his initial
>list of essential software included gpatch, but not gdiff. Other
>than saying it could not include everything everyone wanted, but
>was a first pass at what seemed most important, there is no
>rationale listed I can see for gpatch.
My rationale was that our patch seemed pretty broken and wasn't
getting much attention, so it seemed nice to provide gpatch.
As the list I came up with was based on what I wanted, felt I
could do, and what others begged me for gpatch certainly fit
the criteria :)
Mike
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