Date:	Sun, 10 Dec 1995 08:56:04 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Orlando Andico <oandico AT gollum DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
Cc:	DJGPP Mailing List <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>
Subject:	Re: DIFF's

On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Orlando Andico wrote:

> another dumb question! what are DIFF's? there's a subdirectory in the 
> DJGPP directory which is full of DIFF's... i understand that DIFF's are 
> used to patch source, right? but if the compiler already has maintenance 
> releases, why would patching source be needed?

They are the diffs from the original versions of GNU software, so if you 
get the original source distributions from a GNU site, you could patch it 
and compile it under DJGPP.  Also, for those inquiring souls who like to 
see what were the DOS-specific patches to a program.

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