[PATCH v3 07/18] BFD: Make file offset unsigned in archive symbols

[Jan Beulich]

On 07.01.2026 10:31, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2025, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Unrelated question: Like me, you look to be using quilt. Could I talk you
>> into adding
>>
>> QUILT_NO_DIFF_INDEX=1
>>
>> to your .quiltrc, so the not really useful Index: lines and the separator
>> lines following them would go away?
> 
>  This is CVS/SVN style.  I'd be happy to switch to unidiff/git style, but 
> it appears `quilt' has no support for such a format and I want to keep the 
> headings for easier orientation (I could tweak `quilt' myself I suppose to 
> add the missing format, but I have better things to do).
> 
>  Why the request, anyway?

Many years ago, when quilt was still pretty new to me, I was asked to get
rid of those for the same reason I'm asking you now: These lines are merely
noise, increasing the size / line count for no real gain.

Jan