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Re: sdiff code error
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: sdiff code error |
Date: |
Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:16:20 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
"Paul Edwards" <address@hidden> writes:
> But if sdiff has an option to produce a side-by-side
> difference without interaction, then that bit of functionality
> should be there
Sure. It's called "diff -y". You don't need sdiff at all.
Also, if all you're worried about is supporting POSIX, then you don't
need sdiff. sdiff isn't required by POSIX.
>> Incidentally, the code in question was introduced in diffutils 2.7.2
>> (published 1998-09-14) so it appears you're the first person since
>> 1998 (and the first person ever) to build diffutils on a host without
>> sigprocmask.
>
> First person to report the problem, anyway. :-)
Actually I suspect you're the first person, period. It's been many,
many years since people were seriously interested in pre-BSD
platforms.
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- Re: sdiff code error, Andreas Schwab, 2006/11/04
- Re: sdiff code error, Paul Edwards, 2006/11/05
- Re: sdiff code error, Andreas Schwab, 2006/11/04
- Re: sdiff code error, Paul Edwards, 2006/11/04
- Re: SPAM: Re: sdiff code error, Andreas Schwab, 2006/11/05
- sdiff code error, Paul Edwards, 2006/11/05
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- Re: sdiff code error, Paul Edwards, 2006/11/05