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Subject: Re: diff-apply-hunk broken
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> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 15:41:09 -0800
> 
> Yes; the basic motivation here is a plan to support the -H, -L, -P,
> and -R options that are used by many programs that traverse directory
> structures (e.g., "cp").  It won't be in the next official diffutils
> version, but perhaps the one after that.

Then I think the manual should be fixed to not mention -L at all;
currently, it does.