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Re: diffutils: xmalloc and xrealloc
From: |
Neal H Walfield |
Subject: |
Re: diffutils: xmalloc and xrealloc |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:08:20 +0100 |
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> Thanks, but something like this has already been done in the latest
> test version. In the future when doing code cleanups you probably
> want to start with the test version to avoid duplication of effort.
>
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-2.7.5.tar.gz
Thanks for the pointer. I looked for something like this, however, I
did not think to check alpha.gnu.org. I have included a patch against
http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/ which I think clarifies this
point. Maybe you will consider changing that page along these lines.
--- diffutils.html.orig Fri Dec 14 13:51:32 2001
+++ diffutils.html Fri Dec 14 14:03:54 2001
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
<CENTER>
<A HREF="#introduction" NAME="TOCintroduction">Introduction</A>
| <A HREF="#downloading" NAME="TOCdownloading">Get the Software</A>
+| <A HREF="#bugs" NAME="TOCbugs">Reporting Bugs</A>
</CENTER>
<P>
<HR>
@@ -67,7 +68,26 @@
Diffutils can be found on in the subdirectory <CODE>/gnu/diffutils/</CODE> on
your favorite
<A HREF="/prep/ftp.html">GNU mirror</A>. For other ways to
obtain Diffutils, please read
-<A HREF="/software/software.html#HowToGetSoftware">How to get GNU Software</A>
+<A HREF="/software/software.html#HowToGetSoftware">How to get GNU
+Software</A>
+
+</P>
+
+<H4><A HREF="#TOCbugs" NAME="bugs">Reporting Bugs in Diffutils</A></H4>
+<P>
+
+If you have found a bug in Diffutils that has not been fixed in the
+latest version, contact the bug-gnu-utils mailing list,
+<B>bug-gnu-utils AT gnu.org</B>. More information, including how to
+subscribe to or unsubscribe from this list, can be found <A
+HREF="http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-utils">here</A>.
+If you include a patch in your bug report, it should be against the
+latest development version of Diffutils which can be found at <A
+HREF="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils">ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils</A>.
+Note: <B>do not</B> use versions from this location in a production
+environment.
+
+</P>
<HR>
@@ -95,7 +115,7 @@
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Updated:
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- 8 Jun 2000 bkuhn
+14 Dec 2001 neal
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