GNU bug report logs - #67541
diff -r reporting two fifos as somehow different

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: kevin dankwardt <kevin.dankwardt <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 03:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: kevin dankwardt <kevin.dankwardt <at> gmail.com>
To: 67541 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67541: diff -r reporting two fifos as somehow different
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:56:16 -0800
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Reproduce:

$ mkdir /tmp/a.dir

$ mkdir /tmp/b.dir

$ mkfifo /tmp/a.dir/afifo

$ mkfifo /tmp/b.dir/afifo

$ diff -r /tmp/a.dir /tmp/b.dir

*File /tmp/a.dir/afifo is a fifo while file /tmp/b.dir/afifo is a fifo*
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