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Re: strange difference display for unchanged source code


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: strange difference display for unchanged source code
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:12:30 -0400

SF Markus Elfring writes:
> 
> The tool "cvs 1.12.12-157.2" generated the appended difference file on
> my openSUSE 11.1 system.

The attachment got stripped out somewhere along the way.

> The first hunk (range "-107,29 +107,27") is fine because it shows the
> intended source code adjustments. But I wonder about the following hunks
> because there are no changes shown that are really relevant.

As far as CVS is concerned, *all* changes are "relevant".  If CVS says
there's a change, then there's a change.  Look for differences in
whitespace, particularly things like tabs vs. spaces and line endings.
-- 
Larry Jones

Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious
that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an
occasional bleak truth? -- Calvin




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