> If the recipient is supposed to use the -pN option, do not
> send output that looks like this:
>
> diff -Naur v2.0.29/prog/README prog/README
> --- v2.0.29/prog/README Mon Mar 10 15:13:12 1997
> +++ prog/README Mon Mar 17 14:58:22 1997
>
> because the two file names have different numbers of
> slashes, and different versions of patch interpret the
> file names differently. To avoid confusion, send output
> that looks like this instead:
>
> diff -Naur v2.0.29/prog/README v2.0.30/prog/README
> --- v2.0.29/prog/README Mon Mar 10 15:13:12 1997
> +++ v2.0.30/prog/README Mon Mar 17 14:58:22 1997
>
> --------------
>
> The "bad" example looks almost like a kernel patch, including an
> oddly familiar version number. Hmmm, perhaps it is a hint?
Notice the prog dir is inside a seperate subdir, but kernel patches simply
have a ver appended to a dir. This is OK.
-Shawn
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