Re: Bug#300258: --ignore-file-name-case doesn't work (fwd)

[Bob Proulx]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> I can't reproduce the bug with diffutils 2.8.7 on Solaris 8.
> (See below.)
> So, it could be a bug with his locale, or perhaps a bug in 2.8.1
> that was fixed in 2.8.7, or perhaps something else; without more
> info it's hard to say.

I can recreate the problem as described with the latest released
version of diffutils-2.8.1 from ftp.gnu.org.  But as you say it does
appear to be fixed in the latest testing version from alpha.gnu.org.

Are there any plans to officially release diffutils-2.8.7 in the near
future?

Bob

> Perhaps he can use GDB to track down where
> his executable has gone wrong?
> 
> 391-sic $ mkdir a b
> 392-sic $ touch a/foo b/FOO
> 393-sic $ diff a b
> Only in a: foo
> Only in b: FOO
> 394-sic $ diff --ignore-file-name-case a b
> 395-sic $ diff --version
> diff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.7
> Written by Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes,
> Richard Stallman, and Len Tower.
> 
> Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.