linux-kernel - Re: Diagnosing linux-next (Was: Re: m68k libc5 regression)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20080601223758.627e96e8.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:37:58 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Diagnosing linux-next (Was: Re: m68k libc5 regression)

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:12:29 +1000 Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> wrote:

> Andrew Morton writes:
> 
> > tkdiff-style diff viewer!
> > 
> > I mentioned that to you a year or two back, and you've probabably
> > already done it but nobody told me about it :)
> 
> There's now a facility for viewing diffs in an external viewer.  If
> you do Edit->Preferences and set the "External diff tool" thing to
> tkdiff, then you can right-click on a file name in the file list
> (bottom right-hand pane) and select "External diff" and it will launch
> tkdiff to show you the diffs for that file.

<upgrades>

OK, that works, thanks.  Right-clicking on each file is the sole way to
bring it up?

> What is it you like about tkdiff?  Is it the side-by-side display, or
> the highlighting of differences within a line, or the merge facility?

I like the side-by-side display.  I hardly look at the left (previous) side
at all - it's a good way of seeing the change in a larger context.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/