is to be provided by --suffix). Looking at the usage here in diffutils,
it seems that we can just get rid of the -b .orig stuff. This resolves
a problem that can triggered if we move toward to a more permissively
licensed patch(1) program.
the same as the changes made in the repository. This is often seen by
people with remote CVS trees that have applied their local patches to the
master site. a 'cvs update' will show bogus conflicts.
Obtained from: CVS mailing list, Stig<stig@inse.com>
In diffutils 2.6 and 2.7, diff3 -A complains about identical overlapping
changes. They're different from the ancestor but not from each other...
Why bother? The patch below fixes this nonsense and preserves [B]ackwards
compatiblity with the -B flag (also --show-bogus-conflicts).
Party on...
Stig
Subject: man pages for diff et al.
I finally got tired of not having man pages for diff and friends, so I
edited the appropriate sections of the texinfo manual into man format.
copying the same files to multiple directories. This should make
things easier when it comes time to update to a newer version of
diffutils.
With this checkin, this brings the netbsd and freebsd diff dists
into sync.
