Hi,
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 23:32 +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> debdiff defaults to invoking wdiff to compare debian/control only when
> two packages were specified. This can be suppressed with the --nocontrol
> option, and forced with --control if for some reason --nocontrol is
> the default.
>
> I'd like to --control to force invoking wdiff when multiple packages
> were specified as well.
As far as I can see, this has been implemented for a while (in 2.9.15 as
a fix for #174858 and then updated in 2.9.16 for #354868).
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debdiff ~/dpkg_1.14.17.1_amd64.changes ~/dpkg_1.14.18_amd64.changes
[...]
Control files of package dpkg: lines which differ (wdiff format)
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Installed-Size: [-6652-] {+6740+}
Version: [-1.14.17.1-] {+1.14.18+}
Control files of package dpkg-dev: lines which differ (wdiff format)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Installed-Size: [-1640-] {+1716+}
Version: [-1.14.17.1-] {+1.14.18+}
Control files of package dselect: lines which differ (wdiff format)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Installed-Size: [-2100-] {+2120+}
Version: [-1.14.17.1-] {+1.14.18+}
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debdiff --from ~/dpkg_1.14.17.1_amd64.deb ~/dpkg-dev_1.14.17.1_all.deb
--to ~/dpkg_1.14.18_amd64.deb ~/dpkg-dev_1.14.18_all.deb
[...]
Control files of package dpkg: lines which differ (wdiff format)
----------------------------------------------------------------
Installed-Size: [-6652-] {+6740+}
Version: [-1.14.17.1-] {+1.14.18+}
Control files of package dpkg-dev: lines which differ (wdiff format)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Installed-Size: [-1640-] {+1716+}
Version: [-1.14.17.1-] {+1.14.18+}
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Was the above the functionality you were looking for?
Regards,
Adam
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