Re: diff switches

From: Artur Skawina (skawina@geocities.com)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2000 - 16:17:36 EST


Gregory Hosler wrote:
>
> given 2 kernel source trees, one original source, one w/ modifications,
> what is the proper diff command to use to get a proper kernel diff patch

if you have two clean trees something like "-urN"; if you've used one
or both of them to build a kernel add "--exclude-from lkdontdiff" where
lkdontdiff is a file listing all objects you don't want to appear in
the patch.
If your diff supports the "-p" option use that too -- it's not perfect
but often is enough to not have to look at the original files while
reading the patch.

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