GNU bug report logs - #18402
Wrong output for single character files without newline

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 21:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 18402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,  Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 18402-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Matt Johnson <mj1856 <at> hotmail.com>, navin <at> smriti.com
Subject: bug#18402: [bug-diffutils] bug#18402: bug#18402: Wrong output for single character files without newline
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 16:20:06 -0700

On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Thanks for reporting that.  I installed the attached 3 patches; patch #2
> should fix the bug.

Thanks for all the patches.
Regarding the performance fix, can you give performance deltas on moderate
or pathologically affected inputs?

It'd be great to include actual inputs (or a recipe for creating them)
so we have
a hope of avoiding such regressions in the future.
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