On Sun, Aug 01, yodaiken@chelm.cs.nmt.edu wrote:
> This is not a kernel code issue, but it has caused me some difficulties,
> not to mention embarassment, and I wonder if someone there can explain:
>
> $diff -u -r -N vanilla11 linux-new11 > junk &
> $ diff -u -r --new-file vanilla11 linux-new11 > junk2 &
>
> time passes and
> $ ls -l junk*
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 yodaiken yodaiken 64742 Aug 1 15:13 junk
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 yodaiken yodaiken 43794 Aug 1 15:10 junk2
>
> Two "diffs" only difference is "--new-file" and "-N" which should
> be identical
The output of diff contains your command for every file. So it's ok that
the two diffs differ.
"diff junk junk2 | less" and you will see.
> $ diff --version
> diff - GNU diffutils version 2.7
>
> Stock Rdhat 6.0
>
> The hyphen in the second directory name?
> Control-c'ing during a make?
> Microsoft moles ? Something stupid I did ?
>
> The kernel is 2.3.11 -- the vanilla one, not my version that I
> was getting a diff for.
> When I copied these directories to a second machine, I got similar
> results until I removed the vanilla11 directory and made a new
> one from a fresh tar file.
-o)
Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\
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