From unknown Sat Jun 14 03:47:09 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#31583 <31583@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#31583 <31583@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: short option for --no-dereference (again) Reply-To: bug#31583 <31583@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:47:09 +0000 retitle 31583 short option for --no-dereference (again) reassign 31583 diffutils submitter 31583 Denis Excoffier severity 31583 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu May 24 16:01:30 2018 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 May 2018 20:01:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46901 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fLwQU-0000IT-Dm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 16:01:30 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53083) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fLvW8-0007Km-F7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 15:03:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLvVx-0006wJ-UF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 15:03:11 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:47742) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLvVx-0006wA-RK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 15:03:05 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLvVw-0000XZ-Qo for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 15:03:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLvVs-0006uQ-PM for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 15:03:04 -0400 Received: from smtp5-g21.free.fr ([2a01:e0c:1:1599::14]:51194) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLvVs-0006tL-J0 for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Thu, 24 May 2018 15:03:00 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.11] (unknown [78.224.52.79]) by smtp5-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00EDD5FFD9; Thu, 24 May 2018 21:02:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Denis Excoffier Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.3 \(3445.6.18\)) Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 21:02:57 +0200 Subject: short option for --no-dereference (again) Message-Id: To: bug-diffutils@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.18) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 24 May 2018 16:01:29 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.3 (-----) Hello, Wouldn't it be now the appropriate moment to implement the short option = for --no-dereference? See: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-diffutils/2015-07/msg00006.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-diffutils/2012-01/msg00001.html = and next in thread Regards, Denis Excoffier.=