Comment 4 for bug 314254
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| Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote Re: [Bug 314254] [NEW] external_diff shouldn't use gnu-specific options | #4 |
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On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 09:13 +0000, Martin Pool wrote:
> Having this feature just break is buggy. Various fixes are possible eg:
>
> * document that 'diff' must be GNU diff
>
> * run gdiff or gnudiff or whatever it's called
>
> * only use --binary on platforms where we reasonably expect that diff
> will support it
I'd be inclined to just document that we need a diff supporting
--binary.
-Rob
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