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Subject: Re: [9front] news(1) patch: make -a and -n get along
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Quoth ori@eigenstate.org:
> Quoth Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>:
> > [ I sent this to 9front-bugs but that copy seems to have
> >   been swallowed by a black home. ]
> > 
> > This patch makes 'news -an' do the right thing.
> 
> Seems ok, but:
> 
> 	% ls /lib/news
> 	<nothing>
> 	% ls /n/9pio/plan9/lib/news
> 	<nothing>
> 
> I'm not aware of anyone or anything populating that
> directory. Am I wrong?

Also, can you regenerate the patch with
`diff -u` or `ape/diff -u`, ideally with
the commented code removed?

The current format can't be applied with
ape/patch, and I don't feel like rewriting
it by hand.