Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: 1.1.6: diff -r porting problem for Windows MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:07:20 +1100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.4417.0 Message-ID: Thread-Topic: 1.1.6: diff -r porting problem for Windows Thread-Index: AcCwCFlfsSKI2CovQyOJ1NtjiH/FLwAABR2w From: "Robert Collins" To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id TAA16811 > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com] > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 11:11 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: 1.1.6: diff -r porting problem for Windows > > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:58:52AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >Submit a patch. If it's done as an option, and cleanly, then > there is a > >decent chance it'll get accepted. > > I am reluctant to accept cygwin-specific patches to tools that we > don't support. > > If someone does come up with a patch, I hope that they'll send it > to the diffutils maintainer for consideration. That's the best > way to get things permanently into cygwin. > > Otherwise, someone has to remember to apply patches with each new > release. > > cgf > Woops, good point there... I missed "to the diffutils maintainer".... Doh! Rob -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple