Re: Making diff(1) of linux kernels faster

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 21:25:53 -0300


willy tarreau <wtarreau@yahoo.fr> said:

[...]

> Be very careful not to modify a multi-linked file, or
> it will be damaged in all trees and won't be seen by
> diff. your editor must unlink before saving.

Most don't. ed(1), vi(1) and emacs(1) are careful tro write to the very
same file. jed(1) is the only outlier I'm aware of...

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