Your bug report #24715: Massive performance regression makes diff unusable which was filed against the diffutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 24715@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 24715: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=24715 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems