Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-unix!sri-spam!mordor!lll-lcc!lll-crg!hoptoad!gnu From: gnu@hoptoad.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: How are diff files used to update the distribution Message-ID: <1689@hoptoad.uucp> Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 15:23:21 EST Article-I.D.: hoptoad.1689 Posted: Tue Jan 27 15:23:21 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 28-Jan-87 23:21:53 EST References: <1128@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> <406@prairie.UUCP> Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco Lines: 8 The 2.0 release of "patch" knows how to create new files; if you supply a diff with an empty "old" file, and the file does not exist, it will create it. New release diffs from the FSF should use this method, since it removes the manual step in applying the diff. -- John Gilmore {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu gnu@ingres.berkeley.edu Love your country but never trust its government. -- from a hand-painted road sign in central Pennsylvania