dpw@unisec.UUCP (08/19/87)
Larry Wall has put a lot of work into patch. It is really a great tool
for just this kind of fix. I know that some sites may not have patch,
but gee whiz guys, if they don't have it, they should. I believe that
Larry has a set up to automatically handle request for source.
At least if you are going to post ed scripts then post diffs as well.
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Darryl Wagoner
UniSecure Systems, Inc.; dpw@unisec.usi.com
Newport, RI; (401)-849-0857
UUCP: {gatech|mirror|cbosgd|uiucdcs|ihnp4}!rayssd!unisec!dpwiverson@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Tim Iverson) (08/21/87)
In article <1039@unisec.usi.com> dpw@unisec.USI.COM (Darryl P. Wagoner) writes: >At least if you are going to post ed scripts then post diffs as well. I agree. 'ed' scripts are highly unportable. I do have patch on my MS-DOS machine (which nethack is supposed to run on), but I don't have ed. If size is such an important consideration that nethack is posted as a shar file (not compressed tar for instance), but the patches are posted as ed scripts, someone has their values slightly skewed. - Tim Iverson iverson@cory.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!cory!iverson