Bug#107293: diff cannot be patched without fuzz (fwd)

[Adrian Bunk]

Hi Paul,

Mikael Hedin <address@hidden> reported the following problem:

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Hi, here are the files in question and a sample session, note the new
-2 option to diff.

/tmp/micce$ ls -l
totalt 8.0k
-rw-rw-r--    1 micce    micce         305 aug  2 14:02 usrguide-7.html
-rw-rw-r--    1 micce    micce         337 aug  2 14:02
usrguide-7.html.orig
/tmp/micce$ diff -u usrguide-7.html.orig usrguide-7.html > diffff
/tmp/micce$ patch -R --dry-run < diffff
patching file usrguide-7.html
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1 with fuzz 1.
/tmp/micce$ diff -2u usrguide-7.html.orig usrguide-7.html > diffff
/tmp/micce$ patch -R --dry-run < diffff
patching file usrguide-7.html
/tmp/micce$

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The sample files are attached.

cu
Adrian

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