Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!MITVMA.MIT.EDU!MILLER%KANGA.DECNET%MSUS1.BITNET From: MILLER%KANGA.DECNET%MSUS1.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: gnu.gdb.bug Subject: diff files in distribution Message-ID: Date: 2 Jan 90 05:23:00 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 8 In trying to use the diff files to upgrade from 3.2 to 3.3 to 3.4, a context diff on the directories only reports the names of files that exist in only one directory. New files are not obtained. Do a 'grep "^Only in" diff-file' to find the new and old files. I am assuming that the existance of the diff files is to decrease traffic on the internet.