Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:31:53 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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Subject: Re: diff -q implies --binary
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On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, JT Williams wrote:

> Regarding the djgpp port of diffutils 2.8:
> 
> It seems the `-q' (or --brief) option to `diff' forces a binary
> comparison.

Right; this is the intended behavior, as documented in the Diffutils 
manual.

> This seems wrong; `-q' is just a reporting option
> and shouldn't affect the type of comparison (binary/text).

I suggest to take this up with Diffutils maintainer (i.e. write to the 
bug-reporting address mentioned by "diff --help").  This isn't an issue 
with the DJGPP port.