GNU bug report logs - #32391
[PATCH] gnu: Add VBinDiff.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 22:37:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add VBinDiff.
Date: Tue,  7 Aug 2018 18:36:31 -0400
I'm not sure which module to put this in!

* gnu/packages/patchutils.scm (vbindiff): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/patchutils.scm | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm b/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm
index 224b0e8d6..55f4fd510 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Eric Bavier <bavier <at> member.fsf.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2015 Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2018 Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages file)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gawk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages less)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages mail)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages mail)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml))
 
 (define-public patchutils
@@ -209,3 +210,24 @@ list, and commands that can search that database.  It allows users to track
 the status of a patch, apply patches, and search for patches---all that from
 the command-line or from Emacs via its Notmuch integration.")
       (license gpl2+))))
+
+(define-public vbindiff
+  (package
+    (name "vbindiff")
+    (version "3.0_beta5")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://www.cjmweb.net/vbindiff/vbindiff-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1f1kj4jki08bnrwpzi663mjfkrx4wnfpzdfwd2qgijlkx5ysjkgh"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)))
+    (home-page "https://www.cjmweb.net/vbindiff/")
+    (synopsis "Console-based tool for comparing binary data")
+    (description "Visual Binary Diff (VBinDiff) displays files in hexadecimal
+and ASCII (or EBCDIC).  It can also display two files at once, and highlight the
+differences between them.  It works well with large files (up to 4 GiB).")
+    (license gpl2+)))
-- 
2.18.0





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