GNU bug report logs - #48081
diff on windows doest work with same path but different drives

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: dreverser <at> gmail.com

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: dreverser <at> gmail.com
Cc: 48081 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Subject: bug#48081: [bug-diffutils] bug#48081: Acknowledgement (diff on windows doest work with same path but different drives)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:00:12 -0700
On 4/29/21 8:16 AM, dreverser <at> gmail.com wrote:
> so i propose little fix for this
> just edit at the file diffutils-3.7\lib\stat-w32.c
> 
> to "buf->st_dev" after assign "VolumeSerialNumber"
> add disk drive letter

Thanks for the suggestion. Although I don't use MS-Windows I will cc 
this email to someone who knows how stat-w32.c works. Bruno, you can see 
the thread here:

https://bugs.gnu.org/48081




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