Re: [PATCH libtirpc] Disable libtirpc's own bindresvport{,_sa}() in favor of Cygwin's

[Mark Geisert <mark@maxrnd.com>]

Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2018-02-07 08:38, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 02/07/2018 01:29 AM, Mark Geisert wrote:
>>> I don't have libtirpc in git so I'm submitting a text patch.  Sorry for any
>>> inconvenience.  This is Cygwin-specific and against src/bindresvport.c of
>>> libtirpc 1.0.1.  Unsure if it ought to go upstream; appreciate input on that.
>>> Thanks much,
>>>
>>> ..mark
>>>
>>> --------8<--------
>>> 35a36,38
>>>  > /* On Cygwin prefer Cygwin's bindresvport{,_sa}() to portable version here */
>>
>> An ed-script diff is practically useless; without context, it is too easy to
>> misapply the patch if the file has been edited differently in the meantime.
>> ALWAYS use 'diff -u' (what git does by default) or 'diff -c' when generating a
>> patch, so that it has proper context.
>
> Also mandatory to add -p, --show-c-function for patches, and in general for
> directory or recursive patch diffs -N, --new-file so new files are diffed as if
> against an empty file; --strip-trailing-cr is useful if some files may have CRs.
>

Understood.  Thanks for the advice.  I knowingly took a risk here on the 
assumption nobody else would be working on this specific file.  But with your 
advice I don't need to take that kind of risk again.  And the patch will be more 
robust too.
Cheers,

..mark