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From: | Paul Eggert |
Subject: | [bug-diffutils] bug#67541: bug#67541: diff -r reporting two fifos as somehow different |
Date: | Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:32:36 -0800 |
User-agent: | Mozilla Thunderbird |
On 11/29/23 18:56, kevin dankwardt wrote:
Reproduce: $ mkdir /tmp/a.dir $ mkdir /tmp/b.dir $ mkfifo /tmp/a.dir/afifo $ mkfifo /tmp/b.dir/afifo $ diff -r /tmp/a.dir /tmp/b.dir *File /tmp/a.dir/afifo is a fifo while file /tmp/b.dir/afifo is a fifo*
I'm not sure I see this as a bug, as they are different fifos. If they were opened and read they'd likely have different contents, though it wouldn't be a good idea for diff -r to open fifos.
Perhaps the diagnostic message could be improved, though I'm not sure what the improved wording would be.
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