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Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone 
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[Cc: trimmed]

Russell King wrote:
> 
[...]
> 
> Generally it seems like diff needs to produce one more line of context, and
> most of these problems will go away.  Yes, there will still be the odd
> problem, so then it becomes the "how much do you crank the setting" problem.
>
 
$ diff -6 ...
will give 6 lines of context. patch will understand the output without any
extra help.

Cheers,
Tom

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