Re: diff & patch problem with 'No newline'

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From
M. Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Date
25 Apr 2002 22:44:52
Subject
Re: diff & patch problem with 'No newline'
Message-ID
20020425.234435.29376552.imp@village.org

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Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
: M. Warner Losh <imp@village.org> writes:
: > In message: <20020426000849.C43192@espresso.q9media.com>
: > Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
: > : Perhaps the people working on Subversion still have time to fix that
: > : designo before too many people start using it. Solaris 2.5.1, for
: > : instance, returns "Warning: missing newline at end of file" on stderr
: > : for this condition.
: >
: > Subversion already powers through this by forcing the user to install
: > gnu diff.
:
: That'll teach them.
:
: > What does POSIX.1 say about this matter?
:
: Nothing about this specific case, but:

Is there a "clarification" to the standard that clarifies this? I
don't recall the name of the clarifications, but I think that Garrett
has submitted them.

Warner

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