diff reports bogus differences on identical files
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
I run
diff file1 file2
and I get a result where every single line of file1 is removed and then every single line of file2 is added.
I look at them and they look identical.
Then I copy and paste the two files at https:/
I wanted to report this upstream, but I can't find a public a bugtracker. Is it possible that they use a f*****g mailing list to discuss bugs?? Omg.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: diffutils 1:3.3-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Feb 3 14:10:33 2015
Dependencies:
gcc-4.9-base 4.9.1-0ubuntu1
libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6.5
libgcc1 1:4.9.1-0ubuntu1
multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu6.5
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (479 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: diffutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (254 days ago)
Would it be possible for you to provide two (non-sensitive) example files showing this behavior?