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diffutils-2.8
From: |
Randy Zagar |
Subject: |
diffutils-2.8 |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Jun 2002 13:23:21 -0500 |
The configure script for diffutils-2.8 should set DEFAULT_DIFF_PROGRAM
in config.h to be
"${prefix}/bin/diff"
instead of just
"diff"
When you run GNU sdiff it eventually does an
execvp(DEFAULT_DIFF_PROGRAM, (char **) argv).
With DEFAULT_DIFF_PROGRAM defined as "diff", then you'll end up running
whichever "diff"
is first in your ${PATH}. If the vendor "diff" isn't GNU diff, then
this will cause problems.
Thanks,
Randy Zagar
Applied Research Laboratories
The University of Texas at Austin
--
Knuth: Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
- diffutils-2.8,
Randy Zagar <=