Arggggg ... Patching driving me nuts!!!!

[Net Llama!]

On 07/17/03 05:44, Ben Duncan wrote:

> Thanks Kurt .... still pretty foggy, but the Sun IS starting to lift on it.
> 
> Anyway, When the output of the DIFF is run in a patch routine,
> Do the "Minuses" get taken away and the "Pluses" added to the
> routine being patched ?

I can field this one.  The plusses & minuses are there for 'patch' to know 
what gets added & removed.  They're instructional, and should not appear in 
the file that is being patched.


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