Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:14:16 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: Nate Eldredge cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: FAT32 In-Reply-To: <36D32A2B.9E148C05@cartsys.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Nate Eldredge wrote: > Does `diff -b' help with (2)? I'd advise strongly *against* using -b (and obviously also -B and -w) because doing so might cause `patch' to choke. -bBw is great for a human, but a sure way to botch `patch'. I learned it from my own bitter experience when I submitted such patches to DJ a long time ago ;-)