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commit b6f9f9634d099b45f6875bcbdae79988670c32fd
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Apr 16 00:36:32 2023 -0500
ANNOUNCE: Clarify gdiffmk issues.
---
ANNOUNCE | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index b67bcaaea..de38849eb 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -142,10 +142,18 @@ sha256sum < groff-1.23.0.rc4.tar.gz | cut -f1 -d\ | xxd
-r -p | base64
Caveats
=======
-o A defect in GNU diffutils 3.9 (January 2023) causes gdiffmk to
+o Some portability issues are known to affect groff's gdiffmk utility.
+
+ A defect in GNU diffutils 3.9 (January 2023) causes gdiffmk to
malfunction and its automated test to fail. See
<https://debbugs.gnu.org/db/61/61193.html>.
+ gdiffmk does not work with BusyBox diff (which does not implement GNU
+ diff's "-D" option).
+
+ gdiffmk does not work on FreeBSD due to specifics of that platform's
+ expr(1) implementation.
+
o GNU tools, or otherwise POSIX-conforming ones, are generally required
to build on Solaris 10 or 11. See the "PROBLEMS" file in the
distribution archive.
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