From unknown Tue Aug 19 05:11:10 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#21579 <21579@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#21579 <21579@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: diffutils 3.3 man page may need update Reply-To: bug#21579 <21579@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:11:10 +0000 retitle 21579 diffutils 3.3 man page may need update reassign 21579 diffutils submitter 21579 Song Li severity 21579 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Sep 28 12:14:11 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Sep 2015 16:14:11 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46877 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zgb46-0002k3-Ok for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:14:11 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38044) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZgavS-0002XZ-TP for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:05:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZgavP-000383-1E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:05:14 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:43237) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZgavO-00037z-Uy for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:05:10 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48036) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZgavJ-0008Q1-CJ for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:05:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZgavI-0002xs-La for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:05:05 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::229]:35424) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZgavI-0002wK-Fu for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:05:04 -0400 Received: by wicge5 with SMTP id ge5so111869507wic.0 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:05:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=0ho2GXNFyYY23LSqnKOYrjt1SeTYsPzX15YmXsM/7Ak=; b=ghYDPBgU0mcyvdxkABTh+b/Yfpdc/xa/7Mvb+XvxciYg9ZFPRJzheQD/9Xi/GuPhzh Q/h9CMom91rfU+NU22Wr2lA9EYTkywJZYy4IDl6z/X3d254q+FZQfpy1YJ64FiQwy4pK uc2jkVUCUYTmtXpi9Y5hCfTER07N6NKiVdtIJFjtISaaWpe6Af52sYOWZu72SolyMQWQ 8DYb3BMlyna4CGDaKV1Ge+okmDWH95iiNqsv/R+9NIRcIQEJLXMPWHWKIhVj80gTxCue BPDfzJNmcDXsjQib00lz7U5LavpnY7hc78lUAzF/z42yUR2/2VkpI4pFoN85C6A4qs0I ckMg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.143.102 with SMTP id sd6mr26332575wjb.15.1443456303397; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:05:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.240.195 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:05:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:05:03 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YaYy1ou3n4lC9mxTSEF9uUD1er8 Message-ID: Subject: diffutils 3.3 man page may need update From: Song Li To: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). 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: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:14:09 -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: -4.0 (----) 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 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Oct 01 00:12:45 2015 Received: (at 21579) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Oct 2015 04:12:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49755 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhVEa-00004z-PA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:12:44 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-f174.google.com ([209.85.213.174]:37379) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhVEZ-00004r-3q for 21579@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:12:43 -0400 Received: by igbni9 with SMTP id ni9so6330984igb.0 for <21579@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:12:42 -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=s8O3QI//WszTLhdAZOmtWWSdsAcSuNawCjduj6FpPdU=; b=YMrnlLm3iv2p8KlOxuUjEmeTgQI/9Q7HugroGG4bVH26EGNxefN6gToXOz34/xMqDi 3+zYhW4TqPbod+2TLFtwreIQW/A3ougR7WzsloAZc3nQLQAdX8tl4DLvBlS2aQcIW7lB vDRYwumh/7ARly8/rnAImg4jrnID9BBoopQEeDQp2iJL6paCM6HCtSDODAfpnbxrHvy7 /pSKVJiGweLUv6/ZkNqt/Eas3HhcqGaAzagwqLQwR5mmkobgGZU5BVuG9ty0UBn8U/Q4 7mJtCTm+a+xouvQ8y9c+bM0tZPdJs+0dOkgzKA8TE+l4jQuQHb/Y3CdFFKEj3pGXkbYs Z0Dw== X-Received: by 10.50.110.37 with SMTP id hx5mr955005igb.50.1443672762665; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:12:42 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.137.136 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:12:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:12:23 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3Fdtx9IDrFXmfJe4G5i_-uCJd9s Message-ID: Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#21579: diffutils 3.3 man page may need update To: Song Li Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 21579 Cc: 21579@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 (/) forcemerge 20123 21579 thanks On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Song Li 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 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Oct 01 21:45:01 2015 Received: (at 21579) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Oct 2015 01:45:02 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51108 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhpPB-0005HM-2q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 21:45:01 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-f49.google.com ([209.85.220.49]:33831) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhpP7-0005HD-LO for 21579@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 21:44:58 -0400 Received: by padhy16 with SMTP id hy16so91511891pad.1 for <21579@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:44:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:reply-to:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=sEovB7He4JIwtf7/t7y2iFgfGagDaeKzhDI1lhpSr+s=; b=OV+I4edLgE6GTBitwwCCLtT2EZm+lGMk2QVLXUeot3sFV/EHEBAfQJOtTjDTS+y3E6 pwX8yQ7BD2N0JPh8sQ0k8nAC/e0L/1fOHdkmVc5W6upQmVoz/HYCFqEdHTmpm9/FYEQC jiZvUOtPw9rRVFyOU0Kgblo1oWBpHgQCtqbkyUevScJoMAaziBcaCxbVEMaGxOdbJdsJ ORGEt3GR6bGNqYYCOD1yUfrMI2AVzO6k6kV4ktfu/4EPYuyA85HjQoqbyvl17NOjehkN un5IycqmKvAabYaXSjcJYB0rxoR8yXwZtU4xyo/8ya+yAHT/rOgrW8T7OLSRzDqSnm1R 7hXA== X-Received: by 10.68.190.5 with SMTP id gm5mr16343815pbc.25.1443750296599; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:44:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [2601:647:4203:20dc:7db9:3343:7e48:2d3c] ([2601:647:4203:20dc:7db9:3343:7e48:2d3c]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id hq8sm9170498pad.35.2015.10.01.18.44.54 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:44:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 18:44:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Song Li X-X-Sender: songli@leucine.local To: Jim Meyering Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#21579: diffutils 3.3 man page may need update In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (OSX 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 21579 Cc: 21579@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Song Li 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 (/) 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 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. 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