On Thu, 09 Dec 2004, Frank Küster wrote:
> Nick Lewycky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Zoltan Ivanfi wrote:
> >> Wouldn't the following simple solution work?
> >> --- /usr/bin/dpkg-source 2004-11-11 21:15:52.000000000 +0100
> >> +++ /home/ifi/bin/dpkg-source 2004-12-08 14:45:00.000000000 +0100
> >> @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
> >> $ENV{'LC_ALL'}= 'C';
> >> $ENV{'LANG'}= 'C';
> >> $ENV{'TZ'}= 'UTC0';
> >> - exec('diff','-u',
> >> + exec('diff','-au',
>
> [...]
>
> > It seems to me that this does work. Is there any counter-example?
>
> I don't know. What about executables? Buffer overflows?
Nothing is stopping a random sponsee from giving you a diff that used
-a already. You really should be looking through the diff to see
exactly what patch is going to be modified.
Don Armstrong
--
Dropping non-free would set us back at least, what, 300 packages? It'd take
MONTHS to make up the difference, and meanwhile Debian users will be fleeing
to SLACKWARE.
And what about SHAREHOLDER VALUE?
-- Matt Zimmerman in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
