[bug-diffutils] bug#31199: bug#31199: Diff sym link bug

2018-04-18 Thread Alessandro
Any update? Can you give me a temporary workaround for that? Thanks On 17/04/2018 22:53, Alessandro wrote: Yep i know but i need to use -N on my scenario. On 17/04/2018 22:49, Paul Eggert wrote: On 04/17/2018 01:34 PM, Alessandro wrote: So, how we can solve it? Perhaps 'diff' should

[bug-diffutils] bug#31199: bug#31199: Diff sym link bug

2018-04-17 Thread Alessandro
Yep i know but i need to use -N on my scenario. On 17/04/2018 22:49, Paul Eggert wrote: On 04/17/2018 01:34 PM, Alessandro wrote: So, how we can solve it? Perhaps 'diff' should not report an error in this situation if -N is specified.

[bug-diffutils] bug#31199: bug#31199: Diff sym link bug

2018-04-17 Thread Alessandro
So, how we can solve it? On 17/04/2018 22:12, Paul Eggert wrote: On 04/17/2018 11:28 AM, Alessandro wrote: The bug is why show the error and ignore -N on sym link. I think we are miscommunicating. What I am saying is that diff is not ignoring -N, and there is an error if one directory has

[bug-diffutils] bug#31199: bug#31199: Diff sym link bug

2018-04-17 Thread Alessandro
Hi, The bug is why show the error and ignore -N on sym link. Thx (+ML) On 17/04/2018 17:57, Paul Eggert wrote: On 04/17/2018 07:17 AM, Alessandro wrote: It's seems a bug, any fix or workaround for that? I don't see a bug. "Don't follow symbolic links" doesn't mean "Pr

[bug-diffutils] bug#31199: Diff sym link bug

2018-04-17 Thread Alessandro
Hi, How to reproduce: Scenario: |dirA .. bar -> foo foo dirB .. | Diff man |-N, --new-file treat absent files as empty --no-dereference don't follow symbolic links | Output |$ diff --no-dereference dirA dirB > /dev/null $ diff -N --no-dereference dirA dirB > /dev/null diff: dirB/bar: No