Re: [PATCH] Workaround for strange cmp bug

Hi,

On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

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The cmp(1) (cmp (GNU diffutils) 2.8.7) distributed with openSUSE 
10.1 has a subtle "shortcoming":

Okay, I will try to fix the distribution. I only thought it was worthwhile 
spreading the workaround for other poor souls.

Got it. The problem is that diffutils-2.8.7-15 and -18 (which seem to be 
the same...) have cherry-picked a "fix" from CVS (cmp-eof-dev-null.diff), 
which is wrong. It was fixed in diffutils CVS, and I submitted a bug 
report in openSUSEÂ's bugzilla.

So, look out for diffutils-2.8.7-15 on openSUSE (although it only breaks 
the _tests_, not git itself!).

Ciao,
Dscho