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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.

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