Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Aug 1999 18:29:25 +0200 | From | Hubert Mantel <> | Subject | Re: Kernel diff problem |
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Hi,
On Sun, Aug 01, yodaiken@chelm.cs.nmt.edu wrote:
> This is not a kernel code issue, but it has caused me some difficulties, > not to mention embarassment, and I wonder if someone there can explain: > > $diff -u -r -N vanilla11 linux-new11 > junk & > $ diff -u -r --new-file vanilla11 linux-new11 > junk2 & > > time passes and > $ ls -l junk* > -rw-rw-r-- 1 yodaiken yodaiken 64742 Aug 1 15:13 junk > -rw-rw-r-- 1 yodaiken yodaiken 43794 Aug 1 15:10 junk2 > > Two "diffs" only difference is "--new-file" and "-N" which should > be identical
The output of diff contains your command for every file. So it's ok that the two diffs differ.
"diff junk junk2 | less" and you will see.
> $ diff --version > diff - GNU diffutils version 2.7 > > Stock Rdhat 6.0 > > The hyphen in the second directory name? > Control-c'ing during a make? > Microsoft moles ? Something stupid I did ? > > The kernel is 2.3.11 -- the vanilla one, not my version that I > was getting a diff for. > When I copied these directories to a second machine, I got similar > results until I removed the vanilla11 directory and made a new > one from a fresh tar file. -o) Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\ _\_v
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