GNU bug report logs - #19984
Diff and symlinks

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: mathstuf <at> gmail.com

Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 01:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 19984 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ben Boeckel <mathstuf <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Grünbacher <agruen <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19984 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#19984: Diff and symlinks
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:09:38 -0500

On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 16:06:17 +0100, Andreas Grünbacher wrote:
> Well, diff has a --no-dereference option for not following symlinks,
> and patch has a --follow-symlinks option that will replace symlinks
> with patched files. What else do you have in mind?

Ah, I had missed that option. I had searched for 'symlinks' and didn't
see anything. *adds to Fedora patch alias*

Thanks,

--Ben
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