Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ubvax!ardent!rap
From: rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: changebar posting to comp.source.unix
Summary: a bug, already.
Message-ID: <4850@ardent.UUCP>
Date: 17 Mar 89 19:07:38 GMT
Organization: Dana Computer, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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An interested user has tried the changebar posting that I made and has
found a bug for which there is, in my opinion, a simple workaround
until we figure out an appropriate patch for it:

	Problem: If two files have a difference in the LAST line,
		 the program does not indicate the change correctly
		 (I think he said one of the hunk patches fails).

	Workaround: check your files first, or simply append a blank
		    line to BOTH files before you start.  I am sure
		    that we can create temp files or something after
		    doing a 'tail -1' on both files and see if they
		    are identical or not, appending a blank line to
		    each before we start.  Anyone who wants to contribute
		    such a patch is welcome to submit it to me -- there'll
		    prolly be other bugs found (but then, maybe not).

So this is a beware of a known-bug notice.

Rob Peck