inconsistent behaviour of cmp compared to diff
Bug #1321255 reported by
Hans Ginzel
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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diffutils (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Command
diff file dir/
compares `file' and `dir/file' but
cmp file dir/
writes error message:
cmp: dir/: Is a directory.
Make, please, cmp behave same as diff.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: diffutils 1:3.3-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 20 13:42:44 2014
Dependencies:
gcc-4.9-base 4.9-20140406-
libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6
libgcc1 1:4.9-20140406-
multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu6
SourcePackage: diffutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-04 (46 days ago)
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