GNU bug report logs - #17492
diff handles moved text poorly; should not need --minimal

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Scott McPeak <smcpeak <at> coverity.com>

Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 15:32:03 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Scott McPeak <smcpeak <at> coverity.com>, 17492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17492: [bug-diffutils] bug#17492: diff handles moved text poorly; should not need --minimal
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 22:12:21 -0700

Thanks.  This sounds like Bug#16848, which was fixed in February after 
the latest diffutils release.  Can you build a copy of diffutils from 
the git repository and try it out?  Or perhaps you can cherry-pick the 
patches:

http://bugs.gnu.org/16848
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