diffutils-2.8

[Randy Zagar]

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


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Knuth: Premature optimization is the root of all evil.