[platform-testers] new snapshot available: diffutils-3.10.247-cdc6

[Jim Meyering]

Here's a final snapshot, just in case, before diffutils-3.11.
Please give it a test and let us know how it fares.
Thanks expecially to Bruno Haible for all of his work tending gnulib.

diffutils snapshot:
  https://meyering.net/diff/diffutils-ss.tar.xz      1.9 MB
  https://meyering.net/diff/diffutils-ss.tar.xz.sig
  https://meyering.net/diff/diffutils-3.10.247-cdc6.tar.xz

Changes in diffutils since 3.10.242-d65b:

Bruno Haible (2):
      doc: reference continuous integration URLs
      diff: Fix failure of --no-dereference option (regression 2023-07-01)

Jim Meyering (3):
      doc: rewrite the "Unusual File Names" section
      build: update gnulib to latest; and update bootstrap
      maint: reflect gnulib module renamings


Changes in gnulib since 3.10.242-d65b:

* gnulib 1ee79b1540...553ab924d2 (87):
  > announce-gen: add comments
  > announce-gen: Allow 'make release' to work any day.
  > announce-gen: Deal with 'guix --version'.
  > Fix last ChangeLog entry.
  > doc: Document version-etc, version-etc, and argp-version-etc.
  > git-version-gen: Change suffix.
  > package-version: Avoid compiler warnings in config.log.
  > file-has-acl: Fix --with-libsmack option handling.
  > bootstrap: Remove obsolete code.
  > ptsname_r: Work around ptsname_r bug on Solaris 11 OmniOS.
  > strerrorname_np: Work around a bug on Solaris 11 OmniOS.
  > package-version: Simplify further.
  > package-version: Simplify its use.
  > tests: Fix a few compilation errors on Solaris 11 OmniOS with gcc 14.
  > sys_socket-h tests: Avoid compilation error on Solaris 11.4.
  > Fix last ChangeLog entry.
  > char-h-c23: Fix compilation error on OmniOS.
  > bootstrap: Make it work with module 'package-version'.
  > autoupdate
  > doc: Document the workflows of the .tarball-version and .version files.
  > doc: Document the workflows of the .tarball-version and .version files.
  > New module 'version-stamp'.
  > New module 'package-version'.
  > flexmember: update comment
  > attribute: Add note about ongoing standardization of some attributes.
  > renameatu: Simplify configure test.
  > flexmember: port to IBM XL C 16.1
  > alignasof: port to IBM XL C 16.1
  > renameatu: Work around a GNU/Hurd bug.
  > linkat tests: Revert the last change.
  > linkat tests: Avoid failure on GNU/Hurd.
  > alignasof: port to IBM XL C V16.1
  > stdalign, stdnoreturn: improve deprecation warnings
  > sys_stat-h: Ensure blksize_t and blkcnt_t are defined.
  > sys_types-h: Ensure blksize_t and blkcnt_t are defined.
  > crc-x86_64: port to old GCC compilers
  > crc-x86_64: better fix for unaligned access
  > Avoid -Wformat=security failures with --disable-nls
  > crc-x86_64: fix unaligned access
  > getopt-posix: Fix compilation error in C++ mode (regression 2024-09-21).
  > wchar_h: Fix for glibc 2.5.
  > file-has-acl: handle listxattr returning ENOTSUP
  > libgmp-mpz: Respect Automake's silent-rules.
  > assert-h: Fix compilation error with gcc >= 13 on Solaris 11.
  > git-version-gen: Fix makefile rule typo, suggested by Bruno.
  > git-version-gen: Use an indirect 'dist-hook' make rule instead.
  > fts, savedir: avoid glibc 2.2 readdir ENOENT bug
  > stdlib-h: Define WCOREDUMP, as required by POSIX:2024.
  > crc: Respect Automake's silent-rules.
  > progname: also set program_invocation_short_name
  > file-has-acl: handle NFSv4 ACLs with listxattr returning EACCES
  > sys_un-h: Document the glibc bug.
  > sys_socket-h: Fix configuration mistake (regression yesterday).
  > eealloc, malloca: Fix module dependencies.
  > canonicalize: Fix module dependencies.
  > sys_un-h: Ensure that <sys/un.h> defines sa_family_t.
  > sys_wait-h: Document WCOREDUMP fix.
  > sys_wait-h tests: Check that WCOREDUMP is defined.
  > sys_wait-h: Update comment.
  > doc: document some file system portability issues
  > gitlog-to-changelog: Recommend more reliable Makefile rule idiom.
  > doc: Fix syntax errors (regression yesterday).
  > file-has-acl: port to Linux 6.12 + NFS listxattr
  > sys_socket-h: Update for POSIX:2024.
  > bootstrap: Support a tag name as GNULIB_REVISION.
  > sys_select-h: Define suseconds_t on native Windows.
  > pselect: Document this module.
  > sys_select-h: Update for POSIX:2024.
  > doc: Add a comment.
  > doc: Document the previous change.
  > fcntl-h: port better to musl on GNU/Linux
  > servent tests: Fix mistake in previous commit.
  > servent tests: Fix failure on 32-bit native Windows.
  > parse-datetime-tests: port to Gnulib mktime
  > utimensat: mention Linux kernel bug with CIFS
  > parse-datetime: Internationalize 6 more strings.
  > sigsegv tests: Work around a longjmp bug on GNU/Hurd.
  > parse-datetime: pacify gcc 14 -Wformat-security
  > xstrtol, xstrtoll tests: Avoid test failure after 2024-07-25 change.
  > tests: Don't use module 'getcwd' as dependency.
  > mktime: ease merge of locking code with glibc
  > mktime: improve tm_isdst heuristic
  > mktime: support glibc locking
  > mktime: prefer bool to int
  > mbs_endswith: Fix abort in the case of incomplete characters.
  > doc: Deal with tables that are overloaded in info mode.
  > *_startswith, *_endswith: Change return type to 'bool'.