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new snapshot available: diffutils-3.3.52-e974

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Message #20 received at 24121 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 24121 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#24121: new snapshot available:
 diffutils-3.3.52-e974
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 09:25:06 -0700

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On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 21:15, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
>>
>> Here's a new snapshot:
>> [...]
>> http://meyering.net/diff/diffutils-3.3.52-e974.tar.xz
>>
>> Changes in diffutils since 3.3.50-0353:
>>
>> Jim Meyering (2):
>>      tests: colors: fix a portability problem and work around a shell bug
>>      maint: remove gl/lib/reg*.c.diff; no longer needed
>
> With this update, no more failures on the tested gnu/linux system, but few failures on others (BSDs, Mac OS X, AIX, OpenSolaris).
>
> For BSD/Mac OS X/AIX, it seems the 'color' test uses 'touch --date' which is a gnu extension and is not available.
> Perhaps that leads to other failures.

Here's a patch for that GNU-ism:

[0001-tests-colors-fix-portability-problem-with-touch-date.diff (text/plain, attachment)]

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