Re: diffutils: xmalloc and xrealloc

[Neal H Walfield]

> Thanks, but something like this has already been done in the latest
> test version.  In the future when doing code cleanups you probably
> want to start with the test version to avoid duplication of effort.
>
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-2.7.5.tar.gz

Thanks for the pointer.  I looked for something like this, however, I
did not think to check alpha.gnu.org.  I have included a patch against
http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/ which I think clarifies this
point.  Maybe you will consider changing that page along these lines.

--- diffutils.html.orig Fri Dec 14 13:51:32 2001
+++ diffutils.html      Fri Dec 14 14:03:54 2001
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 <CENTER>
   <A HREF="#introduction" NAME="TOCintroduction">Introduction</A>
 | <A HREF="#downloading" NAME="TOCdownloading">Get the Software</A>
+| <A HREF="#bugs" NAME="TOCbugs">Reporting Bugs</A>
 </CENTER>
 <P>
 <HR>
@@ -67,7 +68,26 @@
 Diffutils can be found on in the subdirectory <CODE>/gnu/diffutils/</CODE> on 
your favorite
 <A HREF="/prep/ftp.html">GNU mirror</A>. For other ways to 
 obtain Diffutils, please read
-<A HREF="/software/software.html#HowToGetSoftware">How to get GNU Software</A>
+<A HREF="/software/software.html#HowToGetSoftware">How to get GNU
+Software</A>
+
+</P>
+
+<H4><A HREF="#TOCbugs" NAME="bugs">Reporting Bugs in Diffutils</A></H4>
+<P>
+
+If you have found a bug in Diffutils that has not been fixed in the
+latest version, contact the bug-gnu-utils mailing list,
+<B>bug-gnu-utils AT gnu.org</B>.  More information, including how to
+subscribe to or unsubscribe from this list, can be found <A
+HREF="http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-utils";>here</A>.
+If you include a patch in your bug report, it should be against the
+latest development version of Diffutils which can be found at <A
+HREF="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils";>ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils</A>.
+Note: <B>do not</B> use versions from this location in a production
+environment.
+
+</P>
 
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 Updated:
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- 8 Jun 2000 bkuhn
+14 Dec 2001 neal
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