Re: diff-mode misinterprets empty lines.

[Chong Yidong]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> In an effort to clear FOR-RELEASE, here is a simple-minded attempt to
>> deal with this. It seems to fix the original problem at least.
>
> It is problematic when you try to apply a hunk via C-c C-a because any
> empty line following your hunk (e.g. the last hunk in a C-x v =) will be
> taken as being part of the hunk and C-c C-a will think that the original
> text was just missing a newline and will add it (as a result of its
> fuzzy matching feature).

Is there any progress on this issue, or is help needed?

It seems to me that this is the last bug remaining the FOR-RELEASE,
although the release process is so opaque and confusing that I have
little idea what's going on.