From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11067: 24.0.94.1; diff-buffer-with-file Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:27:03 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1332613694 13846 80.91.229.3 (24 Mar 2012 18:28:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:28:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Arni Magnusson , Paul Eggert , 11067@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 24 19:28:12 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SBVhB-0000jG-Oq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:28:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53972 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SBVhA-0008Qe-V7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51371) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SBVh7-0008Pr-Hf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:28:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SBVh5-000740-H0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:28:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58573) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SBVh5-00073v-DR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:28:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SBWB4-0006zz-BX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:59:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:59:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11067 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11067-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11067.133261549326845 (code B ref 11067); Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:59:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11067) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Mar 2012 18:58:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37172 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SBWAG-0006yv-P3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:58:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:49737) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SBWAA-0006yk-Gj for 11067@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:58:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SBVg7-0000SN-SY; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:27:03 -0400 X-Spook: bootleg president security smuggle MDA codes Marxist morse X-Ran: tpm>`Q4"Nv\jzyI^:!ih}EQ@vnUCY?~BOA`dEqQvK{@S]|pv`YC"H^'C;S_Uxzp,,s$8hG X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:49:50 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:58096 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > Hmm... interesting. I found the -L in Debian's Info page and it's still > there in Debian's "diffutils-1:3.2-2". So either it's a local addition > done by Debian, or the -L is actually documented. diffutils seem to be going backwards and forwards on this one, eg http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-diffutils/2012-01/msg00009.html Paul can probably tell us the current thinking... Anyway, what about Solaris's diff, which has neither -L nor --label? Why not test for this option, which Emacs presumably uses only for cosmetic effect, before using it?