Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#24304: Latest release 3.5

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:44:26 -0700

Claude wrote:
> +#ifndef __MINGW32__
>  verify (sizeof (lin) <= sizeof (long int));
> +#endif

Although that change may be needed to get diffutils to compile, it is disabling 
a compile-time check that, if it fails, means that diffutils will probably break 
in some cases under mingw.

You'll have better luck building diffutils under Cygwin, which more compatible 
with the GNU platform. In the meantime I'll mark this bug report as a wishlist item.