Re: Re: Idea: embed patch in .info

On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 09:17  AM, Max Horn wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 15.07.03 um 13:01 Uhr schrieb Chris Zubrzycki:
> > On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 09:18  PM, Max Horn wrote:
> > > Am Sonntag, 13.07.03 um 01:47 Uhr schrieb John Davidorff Pell:
> > > > It was mentioned soon after all this was suggested in the first 
> > > > place, by i don't know who, to do it like this: %n.info and 
> > > > %n-%v-%r.patch. basically only renaming the info file, not the 
> > > > patches. this is an obviously simple solution and will work just as 
> > > > well as previously and won't have any of the disadvantages that are 
> > > > being discussed now.
> > > That approach works nicely for me. What do others think?
> >
> > You lose the key advantage of being able to make mass changes 
> > (scripted) that require a revision update, because
> > once the file revision and patch are out of sync fink can no longer 
> > find the patchfile. Honestly I do not see the problem of using the 
> > $Id $ tags in files and using -D with cvs commands to get a specific 
> > snapshot. This is meant to make things easier, not harder on us.
> Well I don't see a problem either, so personally I'd be fully happy 
> with what you suggest Chris (it's what I myself proposed earlier, 
> after all). But it seems others see a problem...

as an added idea, for the people that think they will have trouble 
keeping track of such patches, they can add either an empty file w/the 
version/revision of the patch as a name, or they can do echo 
"version-rev" > package.patch && diff -ruN dir dir.new >> package.patch

problem solved :)

-chris zubrzycki
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