Re: cvs 1.11.2 rdiff doesn't reset date on removed files

[Derek Robert Price]

tony@enfusion-group.com wrote:

> When using "diff -urN" to create a patch, if a file no longer exists, then the date in 
> the diff heading is reset to 0, and the contents of the file are removed by the diff.  When the 
> "patch" command sees that the date has been reset, it knows to remove the file rather 
> than just leaving an empty file.  Here's an example:
>  diff -urN test-1.0/mytext.txt test-1.3/mytext.txt
>  --- test-1.0/mytext.txt Mon May  8 14:22:28 2000
>  +++ test-1.3/mytext.txt Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
>
> cvs rdiff doesn't do this.  It always sets the timestamp from the RCS file.  
> So, you can't remove files using patches made by cvs rdiff.  This is a pain.
>
> Here's my patch:
>  

Could you resubmit this patch with a test case, as per the HACKING file 
in the top level of the source distribution?

Thanks,

Derek

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