Activity log for bug #1955501

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2021-12-21 19:26:55 Edinson E. Padrón Urdaneta bug added bug
2021-12-21 19:28:26 Edinson E. Padrón Urdaneta description Package's information: $ apt-cache show bzip2 Package: bzip2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.8-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: important Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 195 Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-2), libc6 (>= 2.14) Suggests: bzip2-doc Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3) Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8-2_amd64.deb Size: 34064 MD5sum: 63ab63d6739fddaa232e534e996d98ed SHA1: 16dde6d0b0c0d96b2cfe40017058350af4cd459e SHA256: 9201778f5a3bd4ff685d41cd677660129e57c544b7526f20ff8c48318c63dbe8 Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5 Task: minimal Build-Essential: yes Test data: $ echo file content > f1 && echo filx content > f2 $ bzip2 f1 f2 $ ln -nv ./bzip2/bzdiff bzcmp $ chmod u+x ./bzcmp In regards to bzcmp, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's $ bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 cmp: invalid --ignore-initial value '/tmp/bzdiff.8kHv0B9tBJ' cmp: Try 'cmp --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ ./bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 - /tmp/bzdiff.vpXGvPfv5I differ: char 4, line 1 In regard to bzdiff, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 diff: invalid option -- ' ' diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ bash bzip2/bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 file | filx I think the culprit is the /usr/bin/bzdiff script. Here the difference between ubuntu's and the original one diff -W150 -y --suppress-common-lines /usr/bin/bzdiff bzip2/bzdiff -*) if test -z "$OPTIONS"; then | -*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG";; OPTIONS="$ARG" < else < OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG" < fi ;; < > tmp=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { > echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 > exit 1 > } tmp=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXX | bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > $tmp echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >& | bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp $OPTIONS - $tmp exit 1 < } < bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > "$tmp" < bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp "$OPTIONS" - "$tmp" < /bin/rm -f "$tmp";; | /bin/rm -f $tmp;; > exit "$STAT" exit "$STAT" < Package's information: $ apt-cache show bzip2 Package: bzip2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.8-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: important Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 195 Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-2), libc6 (>= 2.14) Suggests: bzip2-doc Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3) Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8-2_amd64.deb Size: 34064 MD5sum: 63ab63d6739fddaa232e534e996d98ed SHA1: 16dde6d0b0c0d96b2cfe40017058350af4cd459e SHA256: 9201778f5a3bd4ff685d41cd677660129e57c544b7526f20ff8c48318c63dbe8 Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5 Task: minimal Build-Essential: yes Test data: $ echo file content > f1 && echo filx content > f2 $ bzip2 f1 f2 $ ln -nv ./bzip2/bzdiff bzcmp $ chmod u+x ./bzcmp In regards to bzcmp, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's $ bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 cmp: invalid --ignore-initial value '/tmp/bzdiff.8kHv0B9tBJ' cmp: Try 'cmp --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ ./bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 - /tmp/bzdiff.vpXGvPfv5I differ: char 4, line 1 In regard to bzdiff, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 diff: invalid option -- ' ' diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ bash bzip2/bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 file | filx I think the culprit is the /usr/bin/bzdiff script. Here the difference between ubuntu's and the original one $ diff -W150 --suppress-common-lines /usr/bin/bzdiff bzip2/bzdiff 27,31c27 < -*) if test -z "$OPTIONS"; then < OPTIONS="$ARG" < else < OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG" < fi ;; --- > -*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG";; 43a40,43 > tmp=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { > echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 > exit 1 > } 56,61c56,57 < tmp=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { < echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 < exit 1 < } < bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > "$tmp" < bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp "$OPTIONS" - "$tmp" --- > bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > $tmp > bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp $OPTIONS - $tmp 63c59 < /bin/rm -f "$tmp";; --- > /bin/rm -f $tmp;; 75a72 > exit "$STAT" 80d76 < exit "$STAT"
2021-12-21 19:28:48 Edinson E. Padrón Urdaneta description Package's information: $ apt-cache show bzip2 Package: bzip2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.8-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: important Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 195 Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-2), libc6 (>= 2.14) Suggests: bzip2-doc Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3) Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8-2_amd64.deb Size: 34064 MD5sum: 63ab63d6739fddaa232e534e996d98ed SHA1: 16dde6d0b0c0d96b2cfe40017058350af4cd459e SHA256: 9201778f5a3bd4ff685d41cd677660129e57c544b7526f20ff8c48318c63dbe8 Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5 Task: minimal Build-Essential: yes Test data: $ echo file content > f1 && echo filx content > f2 $ bzip2 f1 f2 $ ln -nv ./bzip2/bzdiff bzcmp $ chmod u+x ./bzcmp In regards to bzcmp, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's $ bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 cmp: invalid --ignore-initial value '/tmp/bzdiff.8kHv0B9tBJ' cmp: Try 'cmp --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ ./bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 - /tmp/bzdiff.vpXGvPfv5I differ: char 4, line 1 In regard to bzdiff, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 diff: invalid option -- ' ' diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ bash bzip2/bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 file | filx I think the culprit is the /usr/bin/bzdiff script. Here the difference between ubuntu's and the original one $ diff -W150 --suppress-common-lines /usr/bin/bzdiff bzip2/bzdiff 27,31c27 < -*) if test -z "$OPTIONS"; then < OPTIONS="$ARG" < else < OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG" < fi ;; --- > -*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG";; 43a40,43 > tmp=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { > echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 > exit 1 > } 56,61c56,57 < tmp=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { < echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 < exit 1 < } < bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > "$tmp" < bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp "$OPTIONS" - "$tmp" --- > bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > $tmp > bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp $OPTIONS - $tmp 63c59 < /bin/rm -f "$tmp";; --- > /bin/rm -f $tmp;; 75a72 > exit "$STAT" 80d76 < exit "$STAT" Package's information: $ apt-cache show bzip2 Package: bzip2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.8-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: important Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 195 Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-2), libc6 (>= 2.14) Suggests: bzip2-doc Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3) Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8-2_amd64.deb Size: 34064 MD5sum: 63ab63d6739fddaa232e534e996d98ed SHA1: 16dde6d0b0c0d96b2cfe40017058350af4cd459e SHA256: 9201778f5a3bd4ff685d41cd677660129e57c544b7526f20ff8c48318c63dbe8 Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5 Task: minimal Build-Essential: yes Test data: $ echo file content > f1 && echo filx content > f2 $ bzip2 f1 f2 $ ln -nv ./bzip2/bzdiff bzcmp $ chmod u+x ./bzcmp In regards to bzcmp, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's $ bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 cmp: invalid --ignore-initial value '/tmp/bzdiff.8kHv0B9tBJ' cmp: Try 'cmp --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ ./bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 - /tmp/bzdiff.vpXGvPfv5I differ: char 4, line 1 In regard to bzdiff, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 diff: invalid option -- ' ' diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ bash bzip2/bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 file | filx I think the culprit is the /usr/bin/bzdiff script. Here the difference between ubuntu's and the original one $ diff -W150 --suppress-common-lines /usr/bin/bzdiff bzip2/bzdiff 27,31c27 < -*) if test -z "$OPTIONS"; then < OPTIONS="$ARG" < else < OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG" < fi ;; --- > -*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG";; 43a40,43 > tmp=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { > echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 > exit 1 > } 56,61c56,57 < tmp=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { < echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 < exit 1 < } < bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > "$tmp" < bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp "$OPTIONS" - "$tmp" --- > bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > $tmp > bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp $OPTIONS - $tmp 63c59 < /bin/rm -f "$tmp";; --- > /bin/rm -f $tmp;; 75a72 > exit "$STAT" 80d76 < exit "$STAT"
2021-12-21 19:30:15 Edinson E. Padrón Urdaneta description Package's information: $ apt-cache show bzip2 Package: bzip2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.8-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: important Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 195 Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-2), libc6 (>= 2.14) Suggests: bzip2-doc Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3) Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8-2_amd64.deb Size: 34064 MD5sum: 63ab63d6739fddaa232e534e996d98ed SHA1: 16dde6d0b0c0d96b2cfe40017058350af4cd459e SHA256: 9201778f5a3bd4ff685d41cd677660129e57c544b7526f20ff8c48318c63dbe8 Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5 Task: minimal Build-Essential: yes Test data: $ echo file content > f1 && echo filx content > f2 $ bzip2 f1 f2 $ ln -nv ./bzip2/bzdiff bzcmp $ chmod u+x ./bzcmp In regards to bzcmp, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's $ bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 cmp: invalid --ignore-initial value '/tmp/bzdiff.8kHv0B9tBJ' cmp: Try 'cmp --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ ./bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 - /tmp/bzdiff.vpXGvPfv5I differ: char 4, line 1 In regard to bzdiff, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 diff: invalid option -- ' ' diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ bash bzip2/bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 file | filx I think the culprit is the /usr/bin/bzdiff script. Here the difference between ubuntu's and the original one $ diff -W150 --suppress-common-lines /usr/bin/bzdiff bzip2/bzdiff 27,31c27 < -*) if test -z "$OPTIONS"; then < OPTIONS="$ARG" < else < OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG" < fi ;; --- > -*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG";; 43a40,43 > tmp=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { > echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 > exit 1 > } 56,61c56,57 < tmp=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { < echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 < exit 1 < } < bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > "$tmp" < bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp "$OPTIONS" - "$tmp" --- > bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > $tmp > bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp $OPTIONS - $tmp 63c59 < /bin/rm -f "$tmp";; --- > /bin/rm -f $tmp;; 75a72 > exit "$STAT" 80d76 < exit "$STAT" Package's information: $ apt-cache show bzip2 Package: bzip2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.8-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: important Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 195 Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-2), libc6 (>= 2.14) Suggests: bzip2-doc Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3) Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8-2_amd64.deb Size: 34064 MD5sum: 63ab63d6739fddaa232e534e996d98ed SHA1: 16dde6d0b0c0d96b2cfe40017058350af4cd459e SHA256: 9201778f5a3bd4ff685d41cd677660129e57c544b7526f20ff8c48318c63dbe8 Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5 Task: minimal Build-Essential: yes Test data: $ echo file content > f1 && echo filx content > f2 $ bzip2 f1 f2 Other setup: $ git clone https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2.git $ ln -nv ./bzip2/bzdiff bzcmp $ chmod u+x ./bzcmp In regards to bzcmp, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's $ bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 cmp: invalid --ignore-initial value '/tmp/bzdiff.8kHv0B9tBJ' cmp: Try 'cmp --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ ./bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 - /tmp/bzdiff.vpXGvPfv5I differ: char 4, line 1 In regard to bzdiff, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 diff: invalid option -- ' ' diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ bash bzip2/bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 file | filx I think the culprit is the /usr/bin/bzdiff script. Here the difference between ubuntu's and the original one $ diff -W150 --suppress-common-lines /usr/bin/bzdiff bzip2/bzdiff 27,31c27 < -*) if test -z "$OPTIONS"; then < OPTIONS="$ARG" < else < OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG" < fi ;; --- > -*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG";; 43a40,43 > tmp=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { > echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 > exit 1 > } 56,61c56,57 < tmp=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { < echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 < exit 1 < } < bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > "$tmp" < bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp "$OPTIONS" - "$tmp" --- > bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > $tmp > bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp $OPTIONS - $tmp 63c59 < /bin/rm -f "$tmp";; --- > /bin/rm -f $tmp;; 75a72 > exit "$STAT" 80d76 < exit "$STAT"
2021-12-21 19:30:47 Edinson E. Padrón Urdaneta description Package's information: $ apt-cache show bzip2 Package: bzip2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.8-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: important Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 195 Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-2), libc6 (>= 2.14) Suggests: bzip2-doc Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3) Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8-2_amd64.deb Size: 34064 MD5sum: 63ab63d6739fddaa232e534e996d98ed SHA1: 16dde6d0b0c0d96b2cfe40017058350af4cd459e SHA256: 9201778f5a3bd4ff685d41cd677660129e57c544b7526f20ff8c48318c63dbe8 Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5 Task: minimal Build-Essential: yes Test data: $ echo file content > f1 && echo filx content > f2 $ bzip2 f1 f2 Other setup: $ git clone https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2.git $ ln -nv ./bzip2/bzdiff bzcmp $ chmod u+x ./bzcmp In regards to bzcmp, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's $ bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 cmp: invalid --ignore-initial value '/tmp/bzdiff.8kHv0B9tBJ' cmp: Try 'cmp --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ ./bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 - /tmp/bzdiff.vpXGvPfv5I differ: char 4, line 1 In regard to bzdiff, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 diff: invalid option -- ' ' diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ bash bzip2/bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 file | filx I think the culprit is the /usr/bin/bzdiff script. Here the difference between ubuntu's and the original one $ diff -W150 --suppress-common-lines /usr/bin/bzdiff bzip2/bzdiff 27,31c27 < -*) if test -z "$OPTIONS"; then < OPTIONS="$ARG" < else < OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG" < fi ;; --- > -*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG";; 43a40,43 > tmp=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { > echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 > exit 1 > } 56,61c56,57 < tmp=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { < echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 < exit 1 < } < bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > "$tmp" < bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp "$OPTIONS" - "$tmp" --- > bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > $tmp > bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp $OPTIONS - $tmp 63c59 < /bin/rm -f "$tmp";; --- > /bin/rm -f $tmp;; 75a72 > exit "$STAT" 80d76 < exit "$STAT" Package's information: $ apt-cache show bzip2 Package: bzip2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.8-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: important Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 195 Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-2), libc6 (>= 2.14) Suggests: bzip2-doc Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3) Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8-2_amd64.deb Size: 34064 MD5sum: 63ab63d6739fddaa232e534e996d98ed SHA1: 16dde6d0b0c0d96b2cfe40017058350af4cd459e SHA256: 9201778f5a3bd4ff685d41cd677660129e57c544b7526f20ff8c48318c63dbe8 Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5 Task: minimal Build-Essential: yes Test data: $ echo file content > f1 && echo filx content > f2 $ bzip2 f1 f2 Other setup: $ git clone https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2.git $ ln -nv ./bzip2/bzdiff bzcmp $ chmod u+x ./bzcmp In regards to bzcmp, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's $ bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 cmp: invalid --ignore-initial value '/tmp/bzdiff.8kHv0B9tBJ' cmp: Try 'cmp --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ ./bzcmp f1.bz2 f2.bz2 - /tmp/bzdiff.vpXGvPfv5I differ: char 4, line 1 In regard to bzdiff, this is a very simple way to check for the issue: # ubuntu's $ bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 diff: invalid option -- ' ' diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information. # original's (https://gitlab.com/bzip2/bzip2) $ bash bzip2/bzdiff -y -W20 f1.bz2 f2.bz2 file | filx I think the culprit is the /usr/bin/bzdiff script. Here the difference between ubuntu's and the original one $ diff -W150 --suppress-common-lines /usr/bin/bzdiff bzip2/bzdiff 27,31c27 < -*) if test -z "$OPTIONS"; then < OPTIONS="$ARG" < else < OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG" < fi ;; --- > -*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $ARG";; 43a40,43 > tmp=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { > echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 > exit 1 > } 56,61c56,57 < tmp=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/bzdiff.XXXXXXXXXX` || { < echo 'cannot create a temporary file' >&2 < exit 1 < } < bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > "$tmp" < bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp "$OPTIONS" - "$tmp" --- > bzip2 -cdfq "$2" > $tmp > bzip2 -cdfq "$1" | $comp $OPTIONS - $tmp 63c59 < /bin/rm -f "$tmp";; --- > /bin/rm -f $tmp;; 75a72 > exit "$STAT" 80d76 < exit "$STAT"