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Re: diff: suboptimal behaviour with errors
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Thomas Schwinge |
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Re: diff: suboptimal behaviour with errors |
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Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:43:52 +0200 |
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On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:37:37PM +0100, I wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 11:26:11AM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > > [diff's return values concerning binary files]
> > I worry a bit that adding to much detail here will just confuse the
> > user, and that it might be simpler to just stick with 2.
Since you are reluctant to change the return values I'm coming back to
the following suggestion of mine:
> One could add a command line option to say 'also return 1 if there are
> differences that are not displayable'.
Are there any objections against doing it that way?
Regards,
Thomas
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