Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:47:13 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some comments about /usr/bin/diff Message-ID: <20191224154713.4ba68e967675f445d7bf7422@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <74d50f0a-886c-4e42-b70e-614dd057788f@yggdrasil.evilham.com> References: <5ced220c-257d-280c-6c9a-7bd3242c40d8@netfence.it> <74d50f0a-886c-4e42-b70e-614dd057788f@yggdrasil.evilham.com>
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 21:09:00 +0100 Evilham <contact@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 GNU diff has been replaced by a BSD licensed diff.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@sohara.org>
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