* bug#5296: vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1 @ 2010-01-02 22:49 ` Karl Berry 2010-01-03 17:58 ` Dan Nicolaescu 2010-01-04 3:56 ` bug#5296: marked as done (vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1) Emacs bug Tracking System 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Karl Berry @ 2010-01-02 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: bug-emacs In Emacs 23.1, doing vc-diff on an RCS file results in an error with GNU diff 2.8.1 (or later): /usr/bin/diff: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-U 1' .. The *Messages* buffer reports: vc-do-command: Running rcsdiff -q -p -u1 maintainers...FAILED (status 2) I could not quickly tell where the invocation was in vc-rcs.el, but afaik replacing -u1 with -u 1 (or -U 1) is the solution. (The workaround for users is to set _POSIX2_VERSION=0 in the environment.) karl ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#5296: vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1 2010-01-02 22:49 ` bug#5296: vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1 Karl Berry @ 2010-01-03 17:58 ` Dan Nicolaescu 2010-01-03 22:31 ` Karl Berry 2010-01-04 3:56 ` bug#5296: marked as done (vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1) Emacs bug Tracking System 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Dan Nicolaescu @ 2010-01-03 17:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Karl Berry; +Cc: 5296 karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes: > In Emacs 23.1, doing vc-diff on an RCS file results in an error with > GNU diff 2.8.1 (or later): > > /usr/bin/diff: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-U 1' > .. > > The *Messages* buffer reports: > vc-do-command: Running rcsdiff -q -p -u1 maintainers...FAILED (status 2) > > I could not quickly tell where the invocation was in vc-rcs.el, but > afaik replacing -u1 with -u 1 (or -U 1) is the solution. (The workaround for > users is to set _POSIX2_VERSION=0 in the environment.) Do you set `diff-switches' to "-u1" ? This call: (vc-switches 'RCS 'diff) in `vc-rcs-diff' uses `diff-switches', and passes the result to "rcsdiff". Not sure what to do here. We already have a bug: #4422: diff-switches is a bad idea ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#5296: vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1 2010-01-03 17:58 ` Dan Nicolaescu @ 2010-01-03 22:31 ` Karl Berry 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Karl Berry @ 2010-01-03 22:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: dann; +Cc: 5296 Do you set `diff-switches' to "-u1" ? You're completely right (I did that umpteen years ago). Sorry for wasting everyone's time. #4422: diff-switches is a bad idea Despite my own bug, I don't agree it's a bad idea. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#5296: marked as done (vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1) 2010-01-02 22:49 ` bug#5296: vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1 Karl Berry 2010-01-03 17:58 ` Dan Nicolaescu @ 2010-01-04 3:56 ` Emacs bug Tracking System 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Emacs bug Tracking System @ 2010-01-04 3:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dan Nicolaescu; +Cc: emacs-bug-tracker [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 838 bytes --] Your message dated Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:55:42 -0800 (PST) with message-id <201001040355.o043tgnf016355@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> and subject line Re: bug#5296: vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1 has caused the Emacs bug report #5296, regarding vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1 to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org immediately.) -- 5296: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5296 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org with problems [-- Attachment #2: Type: message/rfc822, Size: 4969 bytes --] From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) To: bug-emacs@gnu.org Subject: vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1 Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 22:49:43 GMT Message-ID: <201001022249.o02Mnhx5010096@f7.net> In Emacs 23.1, doing vc-diff on an RCS file results in an error with GNU diff 2.8.1 (or later): /usr/bin/diff: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-U 1' .. The *Messages* buffer reports: vc-do-command: Running rcsdiff -q -p -u1 maintainers...FAILED (status 2) I could not quickly tell where the invocation was in vc-rcs.el, but afaik replacing -u1 with -u 1 (or -U 1) is the solution. (The workaround for users is to set _POSIX2_VERSION=0 in the environment.) karl [-- Attachment #3: Type: message/rfc822, Size: 2860 bytes --] From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> To: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) Cc: 5296-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#5296: vc-rcs rcsdiff -u1 -> -u -1 Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:55:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <201001040355.o043tgnf016355@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes: > Do you set `diff-switches' to "-u1" ? > > You're completely right (I did that umpteen years ago). In that case we can close the bug. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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