Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:09:12 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: 0 size files in linux-2.2.17.tar.gz |
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On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 03:58:21AM -0700, Amit D Chaudhary wrote: > Hi, > > When trying to create a patch with linux 2.2.17 sources, I found the > following files to be of size 0 in linux-2.2.17.tar.gz. > linux/include/linux/dasd.h > linux/include/linux/coda_opstats.h > > Since the file is the most latest in the kernel/v2.2 directory, thought > should point this out.
Your kernel was probably patched te become a 2.2.17. The "problem" is diff. It can - add lines - remove lines - add files but it *cannot remove files. The only way to "remove" a file is to delete all ist contents, but the (empty) file remains...
MfG, JBG
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