From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2b070d1861357fa0,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)" Subject: Re: Configuration Management ... on Unix Date: 1996/06/03 Message-ID: <9606032056.AA12276@most>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 158293166 sender: Ada programming language comments: To: info-ada%listserv.nodak.edu@vm1.nodak.edu mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-06-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > A method of merging deltas was described some years ago. An interactive method is built into the 'sdiff' command in many Unices. Look for -o in the man page > It sounded to me like a really bad idea then, and does now. > The assumption here is that changes that affect different lines are > independent. The additional problem is that most difference algorithms get hopelessly confused when the changes are more than trivial. (e.g., sections relocated or blank lines inserted). -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Wesley Groleau (Wes) Office: 219-429-4923 Magnavox - Mail Stop 10-40 Home: 219-471-7206 Fort Wayne, IN 46808 elm (Unix): wwgrol@pseserv3.fw.hac.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------