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Diff sym link bug

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Package: diffutils; Reported by: Alessandro <mirio@HIDDEN>; dated Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:01:02 UTC; Maintainer for diffutils is bug-diffutils@HIDDEN.

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Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#31199: Diff sym link bug
To: Alessandro <mirio@HIDDEN>, 31199 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
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On 04/18/2018 12:26 PM, Alessandro wrote:
> Any update? Can you give me a temporary workaround for that? 

I do not have any update, no. My volunteer time is limited and this is 
lower priority right now.





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Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#31199: Diff sym link bug
From: Alessandro <mirio@HIDDEN>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@HIDDEN>, 31199 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
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Any update? Can you give me a temporary workaround for that?

Thanks


On 17/04/2018 22:53, Alessandro wrote:
> Yep i know but i need to use -N on my scenario.
>
>
> On 17/04/2018 22:49, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 04/17/2018 01:34 PM, Alessandro wrote:
>>> So, how we can solve it? 
>>
>> Perhaps 'diff' should not report an error in this situation if -N is 
>> specified.
>>
>





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Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#31199: Diff sym link bug
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Yep i know but i need to use -N on my scenario.


On 17/04/2018 22:49, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 04/17/2018 01:34 PM, Alessandro wrote:
>> So, how we can solve it? 
>
> Perhaps 'diff' should not report an error in this situation if -N is 
> specified.
>





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Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#31199: Diff sym link bug
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On 04/17/2018 01:34 PM, Alessandro wrote:
> So, how we can solve it? 

Perhaps 'diff' should not report an error in this situation if -N is 
specified.





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So, how we can solve it?


On 17/04/2018 22:12, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 04/17/2018 11:28 AM, Alessandro wrote:
>> The bug is why show the error and ignore -N on sym link. 
>
> I think we are miscommunicating. What I am saying is that diff is not 
> ignoring -N, and there is an error if one directory has a dangling 
> symlink and another directory has nothing.
>





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On 04/17/2018 11:28 AM, Alessandro wrote:
> The bug is why show the error and ignore -N on sym link. 

I think we are miscommunicating. What I am saying is that diff is not 
ignoring -N, and there is an error if one directory has a dangling 
symlink and another directory has nothing.





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Hi,

The bug is why show the error and ignore -N on sym link.

Thx

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On 17/04/2018 17:57, Paul Eggert wrote:
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>> It's seems a bug, any fix or workaround for that?
>>
> I don't see a bug. "Don't follow symbolic links" doesn't mean "Pretend 
> symbolic links do not exist".
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On 04/17/2018 07:17 AM, Alessandro wrote:
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>
I don't see a bug. "Don't follow symbolic links" doesn't mean "Pretend 
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Hi,

How to reproduce:

Scenario:

|dirA .. bar -> foo foo dirB .. |

Diff man

|-N, --new-file treat absent files as empty --no-dereference don't follow 
symbolic links |

Output

|$ diff --no-dereference dirA dirB > /dev/null $ diff -N --no-dereference 
dirA dirB > /dev/null diff: dirB/bar: No such file or directory |


Version:

diff (GNU diffutils) 3.6

It's seems a bug, any fix or workaround for that?


Thanks


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    <p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.357143em; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
      verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;
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      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;">How to reproduce:<br>
    </p>
    <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
      verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;
      font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
      font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
      text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;">Scenario:</p>
    <pre style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 4px 9px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 222); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 2px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><code style="font-family: monospace, monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px; background-color: transparent; border-radius: 2px; white-space: pre; word-break: normal; display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.42857em;">dirA
    ..
    bar -&gt; foo
    foo

dirB
    ..
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    <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
      verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;
      font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
      font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
      text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;">Diff man</p>
    <pre style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 4px 9px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 222); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 2px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><code style="font-family: monospace, monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px; background-color: transparent; border-radius: 2px; white-space: pre; word-break: normal; display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.42857em;">-N, --new-file
    treat absent files as empty

--no-dereference
    don't follow symbolic links
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      line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
      verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;
      font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
      font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
      text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;">Output</p>
    <pre style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 4px 9px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 222); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 2px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><code style="font-family: monospace, monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px; background-color: transparent; border-radius: 2px; white-space: pre; word-break: normal; display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.42857em;">$ diff --no-dereference dirA dirB &gt; /dev/null

$ diff -N --no-dereference dirA dirB &gt; /dev/null
diff: dirB/bar: No such file or directory
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      font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
      font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
      text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;"><br>
    </p>
    <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
      verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;
      font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
      font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
      text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;">Version:</p>
    <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
      verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;
      font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
      font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
      text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;">diff (GNU diffutils) 3.6<br>
      <br>
    </p>
    <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
      verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;
      font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
      font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
      text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;">It's seems a bug, any fix or
      workaround for that?</p>
    <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
      verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;
      font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
      font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
      text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;"><br>
    </p>
    <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
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      font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
      font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
      text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
      white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
      -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
      text-decoration-color: initial;">Thanks</p>
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