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diffoscope misses inputs

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25315: closed (diffoscope misses inputs)
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 20:57:02 +0000

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: "'bug-guix\@gnu.org'" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: diffoscope misses inputs
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:52:23 +0100

I just installed diffoscope and ran it on two files and got this error:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
diffoscope /gnu/store/lf2ybanhxpvbgbxcsxmc733v010g15fp-clisp-2.49/lib/clisp-2.49/base/lispinit.mem /gnu/store/lf2ybanhxpvbgbxcsxmc733v010g15fp-clisp-2.49-check/lib/clisp-2.49/base/lispinit.mem
--- /gnu/store/lf2ybanhxpvbgbxcsxmc733v010g15fp-clisp-2.49/lib/clisp-2.49/base/lispinit.mem
+++ /gnu/store/lf2ybanhxpvbgbxcsxmc733v010g15fp-clisp-2.49-check/lib/clisp-2.49/base/lispinit.mem
│┄ xxd not available in path. Falling back to Python hexlify.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/main.py", line 290, in main
    sys.exit(run_diffoscope(parsed_args))
  File "/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/main.py", line 268, in run_diffoscope
    output_text(difference, print_func=print_func, color=color)
  File "/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/presenters/text.py", line 59, in output_text
    print_difference(difference, print_func, color)
  File "/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/presenters/text.py", line 34, in print_difference
    diff_output = color_unified_diff(difference.unified_diff)
  File "/gnu/store/i0rn71jcspqr6p9lbfrghh2xkv5gmp77-diffoscope-63/lib/python3.5/site-packages/diffoscope/__init__.py", line 69, in tool_check
    raise RequiredToolNotFound(command)
diffoscope.exc.RequiredToolNotFound: colordiff
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

We either need to add xxd (from vim) or colordiff.

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Ricardo

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: 25315-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: more missing inputs
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:56:00 +0100

Fixed with 5dbeccf5b4f534dd5519691dfdf58a6921c9f343, which embeds
references for xxd, colordiff, and readelf.

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