From unknown Sun Jun 22 07:45:35 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#21023: REQUEST: --no-dereference missing from manpage + please make a short option for it Resent-From: Christoph Anton Mitterer Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:44:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 21023 X-GNU-PR-Package: diffutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 21023@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.14364890048227 (code B ref -1); Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:44:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jul 2015 00:43:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45665 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPT-00028d-Oe for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:24 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53956) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPR-00028Q-F8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPL-0007n0-8r for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:16 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:42880) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPL-0007ms-5B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:15 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39225) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPK-0000oU-4w for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPE-0007kf-TS for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:14 -0400 Received: from mailgw-02.dd24.net ([193.46.215.43]:35648) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPE-0007ij-KD for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:08 -0400 Received: from mailpolicy-01.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net (mailpolicy-02.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net [192.168.1.27]) by mailgw-02.dd24.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4585FC41 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:43:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mailpolicy-02.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net Received: from mailgw-02.dd24.net ([192.168.1.36]) by mailpolicy-01.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net (mailpolicy-02.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net [192.168.1.25]) (amavisd-new, port 10236) with ESMTP id 2MkuYiyWSz-L for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:42:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from heisenberg.fritz.box (ppp-93-104-118-60.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.118.60]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailgw-02.dd24.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:42:58 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1436488977.5743.13.camel@scientia.net> From: Christoph Anton Mitterer Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 02:42:57 +0200 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="sha-512"; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; boundary="=-F/zBqD7UOqcCIFoWjlF7" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.16.3-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) --=-F/zBqD7UOqcCIFoWjlF7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey. It seems that --no-dereference is not documented in the manpage. Apart from that, --no-dereference seem to me like the more native way for a recursive diff to work,... i.e. diffing the values of symlinks and not (recursively) the stuff they point to. Since no-dereference is so helpful, could you perhaps add a shortcut -R that is recursive + no-dereference? Unfortunately it's probably too late to change -r to behave like --no -dereference (and instead add a --dereference and a -R). 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21023-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21023.143655450611562 (code B ref 21023); Fri, 10 Jul 2015 18:56:01 +0000 Received: (at 21023) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jul 2015 18:55:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46413 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDdRw-00030P-Vf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:55:05 -0400 Received: from mail-yk0-f173.google.com ([209.85.160.173]:35943) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDdRu-0002zj-Gz for 21023@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:55:03 -0400 Received: by ykey15 with SMTP id y15so74049181yke.3 for <21023@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:54:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=quTKMjfFVm6PxybwGzM3vdlGNZYxqKOIh3AttK653Ho=; b=XHkEUB7MAK75NZpkl2R2cHimUlDUT4cYI3t4YAj0BaM7kP29ZkUjxjIavzS9AnskLF 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Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > It seems that --no-dereference is not documented in the manpage. Thanks for the report. However, it is there for me (using diff-3.3), both in "diff --help" output and in "info diffutils": $ diff --help|grep no-d --no-dereference don't follow symbolic links >From "info diffutils": '--no-dereference' Act on symbolic links themselves instead of what they point to. > Apart from that, --no-dereference seem to me like the more native way > for a recursive diff to work,... i.e. diffing the values of symlinks > and not (recursively) the stuff they point to. It's hard to know which way is more intuitive for more people. > Since no-dereference is so helpful, could you perhaps add a shortcut -R > that is recursive + no-dereference? We add short options only very rarely/carefully, because doing so risks conflicting with usage in other versions of diff. > Unfortunately it's probably too late to change -r to behave like --no > -dereference (and instead add a --dereference and a -R). -P will eventually be a synonym for --no-dereference. It used to be documented to mean --unidirectional-new-file, but that was undocumented in 2002. It is time now to emit a warning for use of -P, so that we can eventually make it a synonym for --no-dereference as it is done in numerous other tools. From unknown Sun Jun 22 07:45:35 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#21023: --no-dereference References: <1436488977.5743.13.camel@scientia.net> In-Reply-To: <1436488977.5743.13.camel@scientia.net> Resent-From: Rodrigo =?UTF-8?Q?Vali=C3=B1a_?= =?UTF-8?Q?Guti=C3=A9rrez?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:15:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21023 X-GNU-PR-Package: diffutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 21023@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 21023-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21023.14410412741285 (code B ref 21023); Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:15:03 +0000 Received: (at 21023) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Aug 2015 17:14:34 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43876 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWSfB-0000Kd-R8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:14:34 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-f177.google.com ([209.85.220.177]:36775) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWSQN-0008Fu-Ot for 21023@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:59:16 -0400 Received: by qkbp67 with SMTP id p67so5998006qkb.3 for <21023@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:59:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Wx5m5uaNN8a2wdTvLX2dzgIPPULSvI/hSvGB6R1s8Ww=; b=hlaOjCSyLTaeWXy76WlVha2d/wE5BG9VY243sinAMNwKxQdyoRMblWFkQ9GU+0NbR2 iASkDB+5aQT5nguEA0M9aAsWHxPbKlF1AFh6E0Vm25uJ28B3PIe5s/n0lmgWDZGO2VYA OvBfTvdHsmRmeeDQ73I4V4MD3z+j4qJYXo0AN/3jS1Zqg/iEwZ/9CiKHHXxy5onlwJgo xeNtKWAqh5WXpR419pqoVTe2IAz2YhJgKn37OVOf9tA1k5RPyZaugN6olso1Msof6iXq MOIC5lTkcaQEvGeahQwhK1OKDdIRmrz3ZnF0cumOC9DWFya1U5sm/hVTeI3QlNFiB97K HXHQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.129.137.70 with SMTP id z67mr21381458ywf.128.1441040354935; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:59:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.37.215.149 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:59:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:59:14 +0200 Message-ID: From: Rodrigo =?UTF-8?Q?Vali=C3=B1a_?= =?UTF-8?Q?Guti=C3=A9rrez?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:14:32 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) --no-dereference appears in 'diff --help' and 'info diffutils', but not in 'man diff'. From unknown Sun Jun 22 07:45:35 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.503 (Entity 5.503) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Christoph Anton Mitterer Subject: bug#21023: closed (Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#21023: --no-dereference) Message-ID: References: <1436488977.5743.13.camel@scientia.net> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 21023 X-Gnu-PR-Package: diffutils Reply-To: 21023@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:56:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1441050962-16296-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1441050962-16296-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #21023: REQUEST: --no-dereference missing from manpage + please make a shor= t option for it which was filed against the diffutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 21023@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 21023: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D21023 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1441050962-16296-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 21023-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Aug 2015 19:55:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44019 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWVAa-0004Cy-1O for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:55:08 -0400 Received: from mail-vk0-f42.google.com ([209.85.213.42]:35495) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWVAX-0004Cp-6b for 21023-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:55:05 -0400 Received: by vkaw128 with SMTP id w128so44383401vka.2 for <21023-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:55:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=deyF8IDdEYYGVXVlA25ZZC49SFsTJinmZYBpF2xqBTg=; b=hOwAutTIIFQ3tO4SiJyh+xiYv5lTcEGyBv2URq1fdGmXTQfZ43Ke8jaLctU1UZBZWe uyNXrcg1jlrmbeWoYBqtmkXwfFjBVBZcOyFeIFEn8HKwXNGfwC00rk1H7+PQZiUSaXzA YzkdWTe2+eEp1lRMvNs71QggMBXFwzE4jhnEK0JfakV3xCfzmjdhnqEXLNop+UguE2b6 pKcNiBD1bUvP5wPNLFEDMlxJpKM3KF9XhdJYqgPQ1cM+susHS/5rvoI3KWWRpaKl5SvF H1+QgFfbEJFIkSUwqiU6ENhq882zAaZ8Y/fTt9IWqHsVJUJdWzvfbBYJgm7tDds9R42u FTCw== X-Received: by 10.52.185.69 with SMTP id fa5mr4507797vdc.89.1441050904255; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:55:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.31.61.8 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:54:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1436488977.5743.13.camel@scientia.net> From: Jim Meyering Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:54:44 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: PlDomjCUFSRIShSvJekArcXzgPI Message-ID: Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#21023: --no-dereference To: =?UTF-8?Q?Rodrigo_Vali=C3=B1a_Guti=C3=A9rrez?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 21023-done Cc: 21023-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) tags 21023 notabug thanks On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Rodrigo Vali=C3=B1a Guti=C3=A9rrez wrote: > --no-dereference appears in 'diff --help' and 'info diffutils', but > not in 'man diff'. Thanks for the report, but that is unlikely to be a problem with this upstream diffutils package, since the man page (diff.1) is automatically generated from the output of diff --help, and the build machinery to do that has been in place for over a decade. I would suspect whatever installed your diff man pages or the configuration of your "man(1)" program -- maybe it is searching in the wrong place. I'm closing the auto-generated ticket in our bug-tracking system, but please reply here (we'll still see it) if you think there is something we can improve on this front. ------------=_1441050962-16296-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jul 2015 00:43:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45665 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPT-00028d-Oe for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:24 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53956) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPR-00028Q-F8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPL-0007n0-8r for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:16 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:42880) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPL-0007ms-5B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:15 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39225) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPK-0000oU-4w for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPE-0007kf-TS for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:14 -0400 Received: from mailgw-02.dd24.net ([193.46.215.43]:35648) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZDMPE-0007ij-KD for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:43:08 -0400 Received: from mailpolicy-01.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net (mailpolicy-02.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net [192.168.1.27]) by mailgw-02.dd24.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4585FC41 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:43:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mailpolicy-02.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net Received: from mailgw-02.dd24.net ([192.168.1.36]) by mailpolicy-01.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net (mailpolicy-02.live.igb.homer.key-systems.net [192.168.1.25]) (amavisd-new, port 10236) with ESMTP id 2MkuYiyWSz-L for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:42:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from heisenberg.fritz.box (ppp-93-104-118-60.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.118.60]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailgw-02.dd24.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:42:58 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1436488977.5743.13.camel@scientia.net> Subject: REQUEST: --no-dereference missing from manpage + please make a short option for it From: Christoph Anton Mitterer To: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 02:42:57 +0200 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="sha-512"; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; boundary="=-F/zBqD7UOqcCIFoWjlF7" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.16.3-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) --=-F/zBqD7UOqcCIFoWjlF7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey. It seems that --no-dereference is not documented in the manpage. Apart from that, --no-dereference seem to me like the more native way for a recursive diff to work,... i.e. diffing the values of symlinks and not (recursively) the stuff they point to. Since no-dereference is so helpful, could you perhaps add a shortcut -R that is recursive + no-dereference? Unfortunately it's probably too late to change -r to behave like --no -dereference (and instead add a --dereference and a -R). 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21023-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21023.144105144917137 (code B ref 21023); Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:05:02 +0000 Received: (at 21023) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Aug 2015 20:04:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44055 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWVJJ-0004SL-78 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:04:09 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169]:35804) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWVJH-0004SD-92 for 21023@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:04:07 -0400 Received: by qkcj187 with SMTP id j187so14799003qkc.2 for <21023@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:04:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=D04xZvSVG3HW8KlR0DBfr0TwGkGChnk61fP0blwC9LM=; 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List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) On 8/31/15, Jim Meyering wrote: > tags 21023 notabug > thanks > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Rodrigo Vali=C3=B1a Guti=C3=A9rrez > wrote: >> --no-dereference appears in 'diff --help' and 'info diffutils', but >> not in 'man diff'. > > Thanks for the report, but that is unlikely to be a problem with this > upstream diffutils package, since the man page (diff.1) is > automatically generated from the output of diff --help, and the build > machinery to do that has been in place for over a decade. I would > suspect whatever installed your diff man pages or the configuration of > your "man(1)" program -- maybe it is searching in the wrong place. Thanks for the reply. I downloaded diffutils-3.3.tar.xz and in diffutils-3.3/man/diff.1 does not appear the --no-dereference option. I don't know whether it is re-generated at compile or install time... but at the moment that file does not have the said option. From unknown Sun Jun 22 07:45:35 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#21023: [bug-diffutils] bug#21023: --no-dereference Resent-From: Jim Meyering Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:44:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21023 X-GNU-PR-Package: diffutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Rodrigo =?UTF-8?Q?Vali=C3=B1a_?= =?UTF-8?Q?Guti=C3=A9rrez?= Cc: 21023@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 21023-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21023.144105378426806 (code B ref 21023); Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:44:02 +0000 Received: (at 21023) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Aug 2015 20:43:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44153 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWVux-0006yH-EN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:43:03 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-f177.google.com ([209.85.213.177]:34540) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWVuu-0006xs-Va for 21023@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:43:01 -0400 Received: by igui7 with SMTP id i7so64638330igu.1 for <21023@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:43:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=NLfqHsyNNaepg0u6TIxFKcwBMFmsyoLgYmf1kAqA9mI=; b=beI7+6geqm6zHnlQULDSoFPlI2IsarJj4r0lg5BmnQhcLqR3+Cj8wAld4u2d/8xlfx EPPe78LH70KP0n/fxNJfz5mA5xNW+OKEHQQVtGN4YMyqLHrM3fQJtmsZOy/vS0apaf9E y6xs2sbVzNC1xNa49CG9cKgdh7vvJihNG3dSRLyhDxD2syQq76sqXKvm/y1pneE8JuUZ rMdAX/nMnzBs+2EAb2UO+yDraBtIWQT2lTczOXY9mpYELaPJ873o5DgPJn7UVo3qmG84 Z1H5yG7eTn9mF74isznTCvhJN9aJl8bXHb9F7Y+zxS9rHTg03lJI9OBEVSjs5DnlHhQC nwpA== X-Received: by 10.50.141.201 with SMTP id rq9mr459581igb.95.1441053780264; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:43:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.107.196 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:42:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1436488977.5743.13.camel@scientia.net> From: Jim Meyering Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:42:40 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: FGhmmjJnS6GvbIdoeWxR1XDzSwA Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) reopen 21023 tags 21023 -notabug thanks On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Rodrigo Vali=C3=B1a Guti=C3=A9rrez wrote: > On 8/31/15, Jim Meyering wrote: >> tags 21023 notabug >> thanks >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Rodrigo Vali=C3=B1a Guti=C3=A9rrez >> wrote: >>> --no-dereference appears in 'diff --help' and 'info diffutils', but >>> not in 'man diff'. >> >> Thanks for the report, but that is unlikely to be a problem with this >> upstream diffutils package, since the man page (diff.1) is >> automatically generated from the output of diff --help, and the build >> machinery to do that has been in place for over a decade. I would >> suspect whatever installed your diff man pages or the configuration of >> your "man(1)" program -- maybe it is searching in the wrong place. > > Thanks for the reply. > I downloaded diffutils-3.3.tar.xz and in diffutils-3.3/man/diff.1 does > not appear the --no-dereference option. I don't know whether it is > re-generated at compile or install time... but at the moment that file > does not have the said option. Oh, I see that you are right! So this *is* a bug. Reopening and untagging. It looks like I managed to include a stale diff.1 (not including the then-new --no-dereference description) in the distribution tarball. That makes me think there is or was a missing dependency. I'll investigate and report back here. From unknown Sun Jun 22 07:45:35 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#21023: [bug-diffutils] bug#21023: bug#21023: --no-dereference Resent-From: Jim Meyering Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 06:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21023 X-GNU-PR-Package: diffutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Rodrigo =?UTF-8?Q?Vali=C3=B1a_?= =?UTF-8?Q?Guti=C3=A9rrez?= Cc: 21023@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 21023-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21023.144108806628108 (code B ref 21023); Tue, 01 Sep 2015 06:15:02 +0000 Received: (at 21023) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Sep 2015 06:14:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44591 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWepu-0007JH-9d for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 02:14:26 -0400 Received: from mail-vk0-f43.google.com ([209.85.213.43]:35495) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWepr-0007J8-GL for 21023@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 02:14:24 -0400 Received: by vkaw128 with SMTP id w128so50749830vka.2 for <21023@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:14:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=D9tiMzw6FwfCfu3CAc/AOL0fqRp8n+W9jM1ei+RKIUY=; b=QzmQ/tX69R6FNnFE1ubJwg9b+4qfFYk0IOn2sqKf5Xb2e8HBac7UxW+AQfjK5h9Sm3 bZBUacw0ubRjUb1dJ/Dc1sqoeka6MHlOLnZ+oLo4cltxTleijGS+oUacheevJ20by4Jm LJgft6ucUk7CAfCp/vkZ7/X0O2nPnr6kkkoF6g2ZoGJWHJaBc2KybDKbFxUUqGRe/buf e9Vgabv85O2MTAquAyTF+LBB8m8eW4smLFLakiSKekC+kfwe070ws4FzkWA4Te0KhmHw WhSD0NwFq0ughfnA5HtyJTNUU1/OrFZKGDfpFVl2HH7EeMv3GbmEk6SZQJlPgwsCSO/H WDgg== X-Received: by 10.52.12.34 with SMTP id v2mr11020318vdb.38.1441088062671; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:14:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.31.61.8 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:14:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1436488977.5743.13.camel@scientia.net> From: Jim Meyering Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:14:02 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: pSA_ZmNUAIqihG6lA74076Sj1GY Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=20cf303635e910e878051ea97694 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) --20cf303635e910e878051ea97694 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > reopen 21023 > tags 21023 -notabug > thanks > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Rodrigo Vali=C3=B1a Guti=C3=A9rrez > wrote: >> On 8/31/15, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> tags 21023 notabug >>> thanks >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Rodrigo Vali=C3=B1a Guti=C3=A9rrez >>> wrote: >>>> --no-dereference appears in 'diff --help' and 'info diffutils', but >>>> not in 'man diff'. >>> >>> Thanks for the report, but that is unlikely to be a problem with this >>> upstream diffutils package, since the man page (diff.1) is >>> automatically generated from the output of diff --help, and the build >>> machinery to do that has been in place for over a decade. I would >>> suspect whatever installed your diff man pages or the configuration of >>> your "man(1)" program -- maybe it is searching in the wrong place. >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> I downloaded diffutils-3.3.tar.xz and in diffutils-3.3/man/diff.1 does >> not appear the --no-dereference option. I don't know whether it is >> re-generated at compile or install time... but at the moment that file >> does not have the said option. > > Oh, I see that you are right! So this *is* a bug. Reopening and untagging= . > It looks like I managed to include a stale diff.1 (not including the > then-new --no-dereference description) in the distribution tarball. > That makes me think there is or was a missing dependency. I'll > investigate and report back here. Found the bug. 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Here's the fix: Thanks again, Rodrigo. I've pushed that with a small improvement to help prevent a repeat of that problem: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diffutils.git/commit/?id=2cd4ff3a5ff52d89 At the same time, I pushed a documentation-improving patch that had been collecting dust: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diffutils.git/commit/?id=5801f8add854c84