Scope Checking Patch

[Andrew STUBBS]

Rob Quill wrote:
> Thanks. I tried this, but I ended up with a 214MB diff file. I'm not
> sure why this is, as I did a make distclean on both copies, I think it
> may be due to the testsuite results not having been cleaned or
> something. Does anyone have any ideas what to do?

Don't build in your source tree. As you discovered it is really 
inconvenient.

Instead, put all the object files in a second directory alongside your 
src directory:

mkdir objdir
cd objdir
../src/configure
make

This way the sources are not polluted* and the diff will be much cleaner.

Also, like Markus said, always use context or unified diffs. Ordinary 
diff output isn't nearly so useful. I'd also suggest using the -p option 
- it adds a procedure name to each hunk - entirely cosmetic, but nice to
have.

Hope that helps,

Andrew

* There are some files, such as .info files, which get written back to 
the source tree.