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Re: Bug Report: Diff 2.7 has incorrect output for files with LFCR as lin
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: Bug Report: Diff 2.7 has incorrect output for files with LFCR as line terminator. |
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Fri, 07 Dec 2001 11:54:49 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) Emacs/20.7 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu) |
Alex Bochannek <address@hidden> wrote:
> It appears that "diff - GNU diffutils version 2.7" (Solaris 8)
> produces incorrect output for context and unified diffs when applied
> to files, which use LFCR as a line termination sequence. The diffs are
> in fact accurate, but the first column (with '+', '-', '!', etc.) is
> missing:
More likely, they are written correctly, but then the carriage return
causes the following text to overwrite the first column when displayed
directly on a terminal. What do you see when you view the diffs in
emacs or less?
paul