GNU bug report logs - #20062
[PATCH] diff: add support for --color

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan <at> redhat.com>

Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 21:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #182 received at 20062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano <at> gnu.org>, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 20062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062: bug#20062:
 bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:25:55 -0700

Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
> diff honors DIFF_COLORS
> now.

Aren't we trying to move away from environment variables' affecting program 
behavior, given all the maintenance and security hassles that entails?
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