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Re: Has anyone seen this problem with diff???


First I'll say that your problem is related to \r\n vs \n line endings.

--- andy white <andy.white@ttsl.thomson-csf.com> wrote:
> I have upgraded to CYGWIN 1.0 from B18 and have now found that files
> 

By "CYGWIN 1.0" do you mean the CD retail version of Cygwin?  The current net
release is Cygwin-1.1.4.

> which are put under RCS are having multiple copies of the entire
> file saved and not just the deltas. Replacing the Diff.exe with the
> old diff.exe and reinstating the cygwin.dll saves deltas only.
> However replacing diff.exe from Cygwin 1.0 in the beta18 release
> does not invoke the problem ?????
> 

Uhm, you asking for cygwin to screw up your system by mixing versions of the
dll.  DON'T DO THAT.  Again, your problem is the \r\n vs \n line endings and
the chosen file processing default.  I'm guessing with B18 you were processing
in "text!=binary" mode and with the current version you're processing in
"binary mode".  If that is the case, remounting to text mode is all that is
required.

Cheers,

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