[comp.sources.d] Applying bug-fixes

cl@dlhpedg.co.uk (Charles Lambert) (12/15/87)

Bug fixes are often posted to the net in a kind of diff(1) format that
our diff(1) won't produce.  It looks like this:

****oldfile****
----newfile----

***51,52***
---51,53---

    some arbitrary code;
!	sometimes with key characters at the start of a line;

Two questions:
1)	How can I produce such a listing?
2)	Is there a tool to automatically apply the patch?

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Charles Lambert	ukc!datlog!dlhpedg!cl