GNU bug report logs - #64860
Win-version now broken

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>

Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
 Gisle Vanem <gvanem <at> yahoo.no>
Subject: Re: Win-version now broken
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:52:40 +0200

Gisle Vanem wrote:
> >    - 13 test failures on mingw,
> >    - 14 test failures on MSVC.
> 
> But does a recursive diff work for you now (on Windows)?
> Like:
>       diff --recursive <rel-dir-1> <rel-dir-2>

Yes, it appears to work reasonably, between directories that don't contain
symlinks. Haven't ever tested symlinks on native Windows.

> is very hard
> due to your and my editors. I use visible TABs at 4 spaces (due
> to GNU-make etc.)

That's a problem on your side. TABs of length 4 are not common in GNU;
there's no chance anyone will take over this habit.

Bruno
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