Some comments about /usr/bin/diff

Steve O'Hara-Smith steve at sohara.org
Tue Dec 24 15:47:31 UTC 2019


On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 21:09:00 +0100
Evilham <contact at evilham.com> wrote:

> 20170420:
>         GNU diff has been replaced by a BSD licensed diff. Some 
>         features of GNU
>         diff has not been implemented, if those are needed a newer 
>         version of
>         GNU diff is available via the diffutils package under the 
>         gdiff name.
> 
> 
> But to be fair I am unsure checking this file is recommended 
> anywhere on the documentation for "normal" update flows; maybe it 
> should be?

	It would be really nice if freebsd-update were to regurgitate
appropriate sections of UPDATING for both fetch and install.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org>


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