GNU bug report logs - #21579
diffutils 3.3 man page may need update

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From: Song Li <lisong <at> stanford.edu>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: diffutils 3.3 man page may need update
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:05:03 -0700

Hi: the man page of diffutils 3.3 (after installing through brew) does
not seem to include the description for the nice option
'--no-dereference', which is valid, and also appears in `diff --help`
from that package (diffutils 3.3). I assume the OS version does not
matter, but in case needed, I use mac os x el capitan.


Song

Message #8 received at 21579 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Song Li <lisong <at> stanford.edu>
Cc: 21579 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#21579: diffutils 3.3 man page may need update
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:12:23 -0700

forcemerge 20123 21579
thanks

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Song Li <lisong <at> stanford.edu> wrote:
> Hi: the man page of diffutils 3.3 (after installing through brew) does
> not seem to include the description for the nice option
> '--no-dereference', which is valid, and also appears in `diff --help`
> from that package (diffutils 3.3). I assume the OS version does not
> matter, but in case needed, I use mac os x el capitan.

Thank you for the report.
That was indeed a bug. It was fixed by this change:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diffutils.git/commit/?id=2cd4ff3a5ff52d89b6b992d158f389b757f4faf4

Message #11 received at 21579 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Song Li <lisong <at> stanford.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 21579 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#21579: diffutils 3.3 man page may need update
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 18:44:50 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Jim,

Thanks for fixing it and keeping me updated.

Song


On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, Jim Meyering wrote:

> forcemerge 20123 21579
> thanks
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Song Li <lisong <at> stanford.edu> wrote:
>> Hi: the man page of diffutils 3.3 (after installing through brew) does
>> not seem to include the description for the nice option
>> '--no-dereference', which is valid, and also appears in `diff --help`
>> from that package (diffutils 3.3). I assume the OS version does not
>> matter, but in case needed, I use mac os x el capitan.
>
> Thank you for the report.
> That was indeed a bug. It was fixed by this change:
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diffutils.git/commit/?id=2cd4ff3a5ff52d89b6b992d158f389b757f4faf4
>

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