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Re: Diff



On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 17:57:32 -0300, Daniel Doro Ferrante wrote:
> I had to hack the vnc* source code (for it to use more displays than it
> was...). Now, I am trying to "diff" the old one with the new one, but I
> would like diff's output to be like debian's diffs. Is there any standard
> to diff files when you are making *.deb packages?

When you make .deb packages, dpkg-source takes care of it. I haven't looked
at how it invokes diff precisely, but what you're probably looking for is
the "-u" option, which tells it to produce "unified" diff format (using '+'
and '-') output.

HTH,
Ray
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