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Win-version now broken

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From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: 64860 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, gvanem <at> yahoo.no
Subject: bug#64860: Win-version now broken
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:52:40 +0200

Gisle Vanem wrote:
> >    - 13 test failures on mingw,
> >    - 14 test failures on MSVC.
> 
> But does a recursive diff work for you now (on Windows)?
> Like:
>       diff --recursive <rel-dir-1> <rel-dir-2>

Yes, it appears to work reasonably, between directories that don't contain
symlinks. Haven't ever tested symlinks on native Windows.

> is very hard
> due to your and my editors. I use visible TABs at 4 spaces (due
> to GNU-make etc.)

That's a problem on your side. TABs of length 4 are not common in GNU;
there's no chance anyone will take over this habit.

Bruno

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