GNU bug report logs - #25595
[PATCH] diff: avoid UMR with ---presume-output-tty

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 00:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 25595-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 25595-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe <at> math.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#25595: [PATCH] diff: avoid UMR with
 ---presume-output-tty
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:08:20 -0800
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> Thanks to a private bug report from Nelson Beebe, I learned
> that the "colors" test was failing on many different types of hosts.
> It was due to a UMR bug. Here is the fix I've just pushed.
> Sorry, Nelson, I've just realized that I forgot to attribute you
> in the commit log.

I also failed to mention when that was introduced in NEWS, so
here is a fix-up patch to address both issues:
[diff-NEWS-correction.diff (text/plain, attachment)]

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