GNU bug report logs - #24330
mingw64: diff complains about the argument '-' (stdin), not able to run testsuites generated by automake [side issue: not able to compile diffutils-3.5]

Reported by: Simon Sobisch <simonsobisch <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Message #11 received at 24330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Simon Sobisch <simonsobisch <at> gnu.org>, 24330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#24330: mingw64: diff complains about the
 argument '-' (stdin), not able to run testsuites generated by automake [side
 issue: not able to compile diffutils-3.5]
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 09:51:30 -0700

Simon Sobisch wrote:
> Do you have any idea how to fix "-: Invalid argument"? Where should we
> look at

I suggest writing to the Mingw folks, as Mingw is low priority for us. You might 
start by pointing them to this bug report:

https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuwin32/bugs/135/

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GNU bug report logs - #24330 mingw64: diff complains about the argument '-' (stdin), not able to run testsuites generated by automake [side issue: not able to compile diffutils-3.5]

GNU bug report logs - #24330
mingw64: diff complains about the argument '-' (stdin), not able to run testsuites generated by automake [side issue: not able to compile diffutils-3.5]