GNU bug report logs - #18655
Regression in 3.3 documentation versus 3.2

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Richard Wilbur <richard.wilbur <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:16:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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From: Richard Wilbur <richard.wilbur <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Regression in 3.3 documentation versus 3.2
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 08:58:48 -0600

GNU diff v3.3 drops documentation for the '--forward-ed' option, but
still supports it.

We noticed this while trying to update GNU diff support in bzr (the
bazaar distributed version control system)[*].

Richard Wilbur
mailto:richard.wilbur <at> gmail.com

[*]  http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/
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bug#18655; Package diffutils. (Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:01:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 18655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Richard Wilbur <richard.wilbur <at> gmail.com>, 18655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#18655: Regression in 3.3 documentation versus
 3.2
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:00:02 -0700

On 10/07/2014 07:58 AM, Richard Wilbur wrote:
> GNU diff v3.3 drops documentation for the '--forward-ed' option

It's documented in the full manual.  It's not in the short version 
because it's a useless option that nobody in their right mind would ever 
want to use.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 01 May 2016 02:05:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 18655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Richard Wilbur <richard.wilbur <at> gmail.com> Request was from Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 01 May 2016 02:05:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 29 May 2016 11:24:09 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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