Re: drm update having trouble making patch

["Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:48:38 +0200
Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> -On [20050612 08:50], Steve O'Hara-Smith (steve@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> >	No -u and -c give much the same result, slightly different syntax
> >but no new files and no mention of old stuff.
> 
> Normally you use -N for new files, however, CVS diff does not accept that.

	Yes I tried that and it didn't work.

> You need to add the files to the CVS repository (not necessarily commit
> them) and then cvs diff -u will give you added/new files.

	Hmm I have a local copy of CVS so I suppose that's possible, commit
would be unwise and I expect cvsup would wipe it out the next time it runs.

> Hence I prefer two trees and normal diff -ruN between them.

	That sounds like the best answer - thanks.

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