On Friday, 2. June 2006 18:45, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Markus, > > Markus Oberhumer wrote: > > > This will also cause strange "Index:" lines, as the patch above, BTW: > > > they'll begin with "b/" which doesn't make much sense. I think this > > > should be addressed before we can accept your patch. > > > > While they may look unfamiliar I think they are semantically correct. > > Also, do those Index: lines actually serve any practical purpose ? > > I think I remember this is a POSIX requirement. I don't use them myself > (--no-index.)
The Index lines are defined by POSIX, CVS uses it, and it sometimes also helps the patchutils. The b/file names in Index lines are perfectly correct, they just look a bit more weird than dir/file. Andreas _______________________________________________ Quilt-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/quilt-dev
