Package: diff
Version: 2.8.1-11
Severity: normal

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo cp -a /dev/ /tmp/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ diff -ur /dev/ /tmp/dev/ | head
File /dev/acd0 is a character special file while file /tmp/dev/acd0 is a 
character special file
[...]

Both are character files, but diff reports them as if they were different.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 (i686)
Kernel: GNU/kFreeBSD 5.3-5
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages diff depends on:
ii  libc0.1                     2.3-1+kbsd.9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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