Re: Bug Related to GNU diff

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,
        re this:

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:59:42AM +0530, Kesavan S. wrote:
> I tried in Solaris OS. [...]
> one.txt contents:             two.txt contents:
> Line 1                        Line 1
> Line 2                        Line 2
> Line 3                        Line 4
> Line 4                        Line 4
> Line 5                        Line 5
> 
> I used the command as follows:
> 'diff -e one.txt two.txt'
> 
> The original output shud be :
> d3 1
> a3 1
> 
> But the utility results in the following:
> d3 1
> 
> a4 1
> Line 4
> 
> So, I feel the above result is WRONG!!

I get these on my GNU/Linux:
$ diff --version
diff - GNU diffutils version 2.7
$ diff -e one.txt two.txt
3c
Line 4
.

> Is this reported already?? If yes, is there any solution available??
> Awaiting reply.

Which version of GNU diff do you use?  Perhaps the problem is that you
use the diff supplied with the Solaris.
In that case I'd suggest using the GNU version; it's available from
www.sunfreeware.com, from a supplement CD-ROM you probably have in your
Solaris box, or directly from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils

HTH,
        Stepan Kasal