Messages in this thread | | | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Date | Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:39:21 GMT | Subject | Re: Making diff(1) of linux kernels faster |
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>> Who's the maintainer for "diff" these days?
> afaict, there is no maintainer. > The stated maintainer has been ignoring patches for years.
-rw-r--r-- 1 aeb 312312 Oct 2 1994 diffutils-2.7.tar.gz
Yes, if that is the latest, that is old.
I wouldn't mind adding diff to util-linux until the FSF maintainer wakes up.
(Am using a modified diff myself - one that doesn't give a lot of output for diff after a successful cp -a, and does not get into a loop when /etc/net is a symlink to /etc.)
Andries
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