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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@fb.com> | 2020-01-19 08:48:21 -0800 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@fb.com> | 2020-01-19 08:48:21 -0800 |
| commit | 2280c5b4a5cff3194ca4980dc9d254458881773e (patch) | |
| tree | 542f39cc27efc86ba916b77a1d616b124af6722b /doc | |
| parent | 91eebc4b86d5815c8f76b7315ee065392e109600 (diff) | |
| download | diffutils-2280c5b4a5cff3194ca4980dc9d254458881773e.tar.gz | |
doc: correct an ancient "At present"
* doc/diffutils.texi (Unified Format): Correct the now
seriously outdated "At present" (referring to early 1990s)
statement to be more of a historical note.
Reported by Roland Illig in http://bugs.gnu.org/39184.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/diffutils.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/diffutils.texi b/doc/diffutils.texi index 2f3d412..5da8e11 100644 --- a/doc/diffutils.texi +++ b/doc/diffutils.texi @@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ or @option{-u} option. The argument @var{lines} is the number of lines of context to show. When it is not given, it defaults to three. -At present, only GNU @command{diff} can produce this format and -only GNU @command{patch} can automatically apply diffs in this +In the early 1990s, only GNU @command{diff} could produce this format and +only GNU @command{patch} could automatically apply diffs in this format. For proper operation, @command{patch} typically needs at least three lines of context. |