Re: newer versions of gnu diff and patch

From: Peter Pentchev (roam_at_ringlet.net)
Date: 07/30/04

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    Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:33:01 +0300
To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org

    On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 05:40:11PM +0200, Radim Kolar wrote:
    > in freebsd 5.2 i have in base system diff 2.7 and patch 2.1. Are there
    > any plans to import newer versions into base system for 5.3 release?
    >
    > Newer patch 2.5.4 has much better error recovery and diff 2.8 is more POSIX
    > compatible. I am more interested in newer patch than newer diff, but patch
    > and diff man pages are tied together.

    Just to make sure: you are aware of the devel/patch and textproc/diffutils
    ports, right? :)

    G'luck,
    Peter 

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