On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 12:30:53PM -0700, Mathew Earle Reuther wrote:
> Ok, I'm trying to compare all the source files in my original basecode to
> the sourcefiles from the latest bpl with dg/olc/etc that Fungi upkeeps. I
> need to know WHAT exactly is different between them, because I think it
> may hold they key to all my problems.
A wise choice. I keep all my custom work as patches to pristine.
> But I get a 3 MEG diff file when I do this:
Your src/ is probably full of object files. I would suggest deleting
Makefile, conf.h and all the *.o files. Not sure, but 'make clean'
will probably do all that for you.
> diff -BNprus circle30bpl22/src basecode/src > diff.patch
You might not need -s for this. Just extra spam.
> Uh. What the heck?! I mean, the lines with a ton of ***** on them at the
> beginning of the files get removed and then added back. Please, that's
> ridiculous. What in the heck am I doing wrong?!
You should probably add -w so it ignores whitespace differences, or
at least -b. It's entirely possible that you've swapped tabs for
spaces or run some sort of code beautifier (GNU indent perhaps?) on
your source files.
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