Re: [m68k]: convert mode 5 addressing w/zero offset into mode2

[Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>]

"Dave Korn" <dk@artimi.com> writes:

>> Actually using the -N switch is the recommended way.
>
>   Say, didn't we just have this discussion?  Or was it on the gcc list?  

Yes, it was on the gcc list.

>   Anyway, one point which came out of it last time is that that won't work
> if the file hasn't already been "cvs add"ed, because cvs won't even run diff
> on it.  So you can only use "cvs diff -N" to get a patch for a new file in
> the window between cvs adding a file and cvs committing it.  
>
>   And if you don't have write access to the repository in question, you
> can't do the cvs add and so have to manually edit your CVS metadata files.
> (IIRC; the add gets blocked rather than the later attempt to commit, even
> though cvs add is only a local change to your CVS/Entries file).

There are several utility packages (whose authors I can never
remember) that will do the necessary local edit for you.

zw