X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4C72C54A.5050504@bonhard.uklinux.net> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:00:26 +0100 From: Fergus User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygwin ML CC: Fergus Subject: Re: Wrong/ inconsistent responses from diff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com > Nothing to do with cygwin1.dll 1.5 to 1.6? > Reverted to [prev] diffutils v.2.8.7-2 and > this strange contradiction went away ... Not quite. Still with cygwin v.1.6 but having reverted to diffutils v.2.8.7-2 I'm still getting weird responses (though many fewer). The two directories explored below have identical contents, not the 3 differences identified: ~> diff -rq /home /l/home Files /home/user/sav/bookmarks.html and /l/home/user/sav/bookmarks.html differ Files /home/user/sav/userTheme.Theme and /l/home/user/sav/userTheme.Theme differ Files /home/user/tex/short-math-guide.pdf and /l/home/user/tex/short-math-guide.pdf differ ~> ~> diff -rq /m/home /l/home ~> If this strange behaviour is not due to recent upgrades of diffutils, then the only other relevant change is possibly to cygwin1.dll. I have not gone through airport security with my machine, X-rayed it or dropped it in a magnetic field resonator, though I agree this behaviour is suggestive of any or all of these! Fergus -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple