glenn@extro.ucc.su.oz (G. Geers [ext 3241]) (09/26/88)
The following input to cdiff appears to confuse it.
***********old file. Name: z.1
hello <--- first line in file is hello
*
test1
test2
***********new file. Name: z.2 , cut off hello
*
test1
test2
cdiff z.1 z.2 produces:
*** z.1 Sat Sep 24 13:20:14 1988
--- z.2 Sat Sep 24 13:20:32 1988
***************
*** 1,4 ****
- hello
*
test1
test2
--- 1,3 ----
I haven't got time to fix this at present (writing my thesis !!). So if
anyone has the time, a fix would be appreciated. Cdiffing them the wrong
way round (cdiff z.2 z.1) produces the correct output.
I have modified patch (original patchlevel 11) to use the shell version
control system (SVC) in much the same way as it uses RCS. If people are
interested I can put the patches on the net. I've also modified SVC to use
cdiff. Again, if anyone is interested drop me a line.
By the way, I'm interested in becoming a protected mode beta test site.
How do I get disks ??
Thanks
Glenn
p.s. The patchlevel of the cdiff I have is 2 (have I missed a patch ? ).
p.p.s. I have had MINIX running on an XT clone with V20 processor and
Miniscribe hard disk (20Mb) with Western Digital controller.
At present I have an AT clone (ELT Motherboard @ 10MHz, with 1.2 Mb RAM)
with a Western Digital controller and the same hard disk as the XT. Minix
works fine on this system as well.