From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: diff-mode misinterprets empty lines. Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:37:25 -0500 Message-ID: <87odb41nru.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <85ir3l767y.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ir3d1tn7.fsf@penguin.cs.ucla.edu> <878x494f9w.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <857ijtwgpw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87k5nt2xga.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <854pexur0g.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87hcix827c.fsf@penguin.cs.ucla.edu> <3n4pdrlshh.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201631880 22941 80.91.229.12 (29 Jan 2008 18:38:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:38:00 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 29 19:38:20 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JJvLZ-0001Qz-CU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:38:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JJvL8-0000c9-7e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:37:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJvL4-0000bl-3b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:37:42 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJvL2-0000b9-2T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:37:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JJvL1-0000b6-TP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:37:39 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JJvL1-0005ow-Gv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:37:39 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JJvKv-00022G-MZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:37:33 +0000 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:37:33 +0000 Original-Received: from cyd by cyd.mit.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:37:33 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cyd.mit.edu User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:J6jwmBzY70LG3IzssrzKvUqETm4= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:87750 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> In an effort to clear FOR-RELEASE, here is a simple-minded attempt to >> deal with this. It seems to fix the original problem at least. > > It is problematic when you try to apply a hunk via C-c C-a because any > empty line following your hunk (e.g. the last hunk in a C-x v =) will be > taken as being part of the hunk and C-c C-a will think that the original > text was just missing a newline and will add it (as a result of its > fuzzy matching feature). Is there any progress on this issue, or is help needed? It seems to me that this is the last bug remaining the FOR-RELEASE, although the release process is so opaque and confusing that I have little idea what's going on.