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From: jdc@naucse.UUCP (John Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: bug in public domain diff?
Message-ID: <1133@naucse.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jan 89 18:45:36 GMT
References: <86247@sun.uucp>
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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From article <86247@sun.uucp>, by alanf%smile@Sun.COM (Alan Fargusson @ peace with the world):
> 
> GNU diff gets this right, so you may want to get that.  I have a version of
> diff that I wrote that also gets it right.  I may try and post it after all.
> I had decided not to since there are so many versions floating around these
> days.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Alan Fargusson		Sun Microsystems
> alanf@sun.com		..!sun!alanf

(I also wrote a "diff" type program...)

What we need to know is how "compatible" the various public domain diffs
are.  Can GNU diff be used with RCS, for instance?  I find the public
domain diff works well enough (diff -cb) for Larry Wall's patch program,
but I've heard complaints that there are command options used by RCS that
don't exist in the public domain version.

Can anyone summarize the compatibility questions or point to a diff that
RCS can use (public of course).
-- 
	John Campbell               ...!arizona!naucse!jdc
                                    CAMPBELL@NAUVAX.bitnet
	unix?  Sure send me a dozen, all different colors.