[bug#50233] [PATCH core-updates-frozen] gnu: diffutils: Update to 3.8.

[bug#50233] [PATCH core-updates-frozen] gnu: diffutils: Update to 3.8.

[Thiago Jung Bauermann via Guix-patches via]

‘coreutils-gnulib-tests.patch’ is applied in the gnulib version shipped
with 3.8.

* gnu/packages/base.scm (diffutils): Update to 3.8.
[source]: Remove patch.
---

Hello,

I also verified the GPG signature of the tarball.

 gnu/packages/base.scm | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index b9841a5cefa6..2c648953ae39 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -265,15 +265,14 @@ differences.")
 (define-public diffutils
   (package
    (name "diffutils")
-   (version "3.7")
+   (version "3.8")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/diffutils/diffutils-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "09isrg0isjinv8c535nxsi1s86wfdfzml80dbw41dj9x3hiad9xk"))
-            (patches (search-patches "coreutils-gnulib-tests.patch"))))
+              "1v4g8gi0lgakqa7iix8s4fq7lq6l92vw3rjd9wfd2rhjng8xggd6"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (native-inputs (list perl))
    (synopsis "Comparing and merging files")

[bug#50233] [PATCH core-updates-frozen] gnu: diffutils: Update to 3.8.

[Thiago Jung Bauermann via Guix-patches via]

Hello,

Em sábado, 28 de agosto de 2021, às 01:57:15 -03, Thiago Jung Bauermann 
escreveu:
> ‘coreutils-gnulib-tests.patch’ is applied in the gnulib version shipped
> with 3.8.
> 
> * gnu/packages/base.scm (diffutils): Update to 3.8.
> [source]: Remove patch.
> ---
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I also verified the GPG signature of the tarball.
> 
>  gnu/packages/base.scm | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I suggested this patch for ‘core-updates-frozen’ because 3.8 was released 
recently and since the branch wasn’t merged yet we could take the 
opportunity to ship with an up-to-date package.

On the other hand, the branch is frozen and the version update doesn’t fix 
any bugs I’m aware of and judging by its NEWS file, there are no 
significant bug fixes or features either.

So perhaps this patch is a better fit for ‘core-updates’? I’m fine with it 
either way.

-- 
Thanks,
Thiago