On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Shraddha Kamat wrote: > On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 13:58 +0400, Lijo Antony wrote: > > On 12/19/2012 12:47 PM, Shraddha Kamat wrote: > > > Sorry if this is not relevant to kernel. But since I am > > > patching the kernel - Please consider this as a uber beginner > > > question to ask on this mailing list - forgive me for that. > > > > > > Now my question is - > > > > > > What "@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@" mean in this snippet from the patch - > > > > > > diff --git a/exec.h b/exec.h > > > index 722c620..6abb687 100644 > > > --- a/exec.h > > > +++ b/exec.h > > > @@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ static void acct_arg_size(struct linux_binprm *bprm, > > > unsigned long pages); > > > > > > > http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Detailed-Unified.html > > http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=164293 > > > > -lijo > > > But I don't see any mention of the "index" field here // > see line "index 722c620..6abb687 100644". What does this mean ? See "man git-diff" (GENERATING PATCHES WITH -P) for the information. Regards, Tobi _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
