Re: 2.3.15 ifconfig oops

Steve Dodd (dirk@loth.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:39:05 +0100


On Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 11:48:04AM +1200, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> I've seen this too -- what I think may be happening is that during the
> patch, some/file.c is patch _after_ some/included/header.h (whose
> structure changes)

AFAICT, diff and patch preserve file modification times.

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