[Cvs-dev] Re: cvs-passwd patch

[Derek R. Price]

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P J P wrote:
> 
>   Hello all, Good morning!
> 
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Mark D. Baushke wrote:
>>> I thought this is really *exactly what we do want*?  *We just don't need
>>> it* since we can make maintainer-clean and reconfigure ourselves if the
>>> patch does too much.
>>
>> Yes, you are correct. I would rather not see a patch for any derived
>> object. You have convinced me.
> 
>   So, the lesson is, I should first do 'make maintainer-clean', and then
> 'diff -Naur old new > cvs-passwd.patch', isn't it?

Yes and, since, as you point out, maintainer-clean doesn't get rid of
ALL generated files, adding `--exclude=Makefile.in --exclude=configure'
to the diff args wouldn't hurt either, if your diff supports the
- --exclude option.

Derek
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