Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!blake!ndsuvax!ncoverby From: ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: patch.c Message-ID: <2842@ndsuvax.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 89 09:08:00 GMT References: <9189@chinet.chi.il.us> <1989Aug11.053855.401@plains.NoDak.edu> <599@targon.UUCP> Reply-To: ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby) Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo Lines: 13 Keywords: patch.c fix sed Summary: patch >> fix In article <599@targon.UUCP> gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis) writes: >On the distribution of MINIX-ST there is a program called fix. >It serves the same purpose [as patch]. Does somebody know if it is realy the >same as patch? (just curious). Fix is NOT close to patch in complexity (or size). Fix takes "normal" diffs and rather blindly applys them. Patch, on the other hand, works best with context diffs, and can cope with limited (simple) changes in the file having the patches applied to it. -- Glen Overbyuunet!ndsuvax!ncoverby (UUCP) ncoverby@ndsuvax (Bitnet)