linux-kernel - Re: diffutils file mode (was Re: [PATCH 5.15 00/37] 5.15.96-rc2 review)

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Message-ID: <CA+pv=HPfatoLpQj77HWkzsg+tHK6AVRoR7h-eSY4=EyAFuocrA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:51:51 -0500
From:   Slade Watkins <srw@...dewatkins.net>
To:     Paul Eggert <eggert@...ucla.edu>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, shuah@...nel.org,
        patches@...nelci.org, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>,
        Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>, rwarsow@....de,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jim Meyering <meyering@...com>
Subject: Re: diffutils file mode (was Re: [PATCH 5.15 00/37] 5.15.96-rc2 review)

On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 3:20 PM Paul Eggert <eggert@...ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> On 2023-02-24 11:16, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >   GNU diffutils have never actually grown the
> > ability to generate those extensions
>
> Thanks for pointing this out. I added this to our list of things to do,
> by installing the attached patch to the GNU diffutils TODO file. If this
> patch's wording isn't right, please let me know, as I haven't read this
> whole email thread, just the three emails sent directly to me.

For what it's worth, this looks good to me.

Thank you,
-- Slade