Re: git reveals a bug in (some versions) BSD diff

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Aug 15, 2005, 23:02 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0508160100100.26231@wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0508130335300.2136-100000@bellevue.puremagic.com>

Hi,

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Brad Roberts wrote:

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> I'm seeing this on a standard os/x 10.3.9 install which seems to have an
> old, but still GNU based, diff.
> 
> $ which diff
> /usr/bin/diff
> 
> $ diff --version
> diff - GNU diffutils version 2.7

That is exactly the same as with 10.2.8.

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> [...] 
> * FAIL 9: apply diff between 2 and 3
>         git-apply <diff.2-3 && diff frotz.3 frotz
> * FAIL 12: apply diff between 3 and 2
>         git-apply <diff.3-2 && diff frotz.2 frotz

Yes, that is what I saw, too. Actually, I found the bug in diff-v2.7 annoying enough that I updated (just diff) to version 2.8.1. That works fine.

Ciao, Dscho