diff question

[Chapman, David W]

I performed a diff on two files using diff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.7.

Both HP-UX and Solaris produced identical results with the same two files.

I am running SUSE Linux 10 SP1 (GNU/Linux 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp).

The diff command on SUSE Linux produced a slightly different result (one 
"hunk"):

152,153c155,158
<      1.000000E-01     1.000000E-07     1.000000E-03        1           10     
      20          100
<      5.000000E-01     1.000000E-07     1.000000E-03        1           10     
      50          100
---
>      1.000000E-01     2.000000E-07     2.000000E-03        1           20     
>       30          100
>      5.000000E-01     1.000001E-07     1.000001E-03        1           10     
>       50          100
> 0         Minor edit requests
> 0         Minor edit requests


Both HP-UX and Solaris showed this as two "hunks":

152,153c155,156
<      1.000000E-01     1.000000E-07     1.000000E-03        1           10     
      20          100
<      5.000000E-01     1.000000E-07     1.000000E-03        1           10     
      50          100
---
>      1.000000E-01     2.000000E-07     2.000000E-03        1           20     
>       30          100
>      5.000000E-01     1.000001E-07     1.000001E-03        1           10     
>       50          100
154a158,159
> 0         Minor edit requests
> 0         Minor edit requests

Is there a default option in the HP-UX / Solaris world that is different in the 
GNU/Linux world?

If you want, I can send you the two files and the diff results from HP-UX, 
Solaris, and Linux.

David W. Chapman
(860) 731-6429