GNU bug report logs - #17075
diff - - exits immediately

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: karl <at> freefriends.org (Karl Berry)

Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 17075 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 17075 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#17075: diff - - exits immediately
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:55:57 -0600

    More generally, I'm not sure it's necessary or wise to describe exactly 
    the optimizations 'diff' uses to avoid reading files.  

I completely agree and that was never (intended to be) my suggestion.

k
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