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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@ GNU diffutils NEWS -*- outline -*- +* Noteworthy changes in release 3.3 (2013-03-24) [stable] + +** New features + + --new-file (-N) and --unidirectional-new-file now allow comparisons to "-". + A standard input that's closed acts like a nonexistent file. + + A file name containing spaces, double quotes, backslashes or control + characters is now encoded in a diff header as a double-quoted C string + literal. The escape sequences \\, \", \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v and + \ooo (a three-digit octal number between 0 and 255) are used. + +** Packaging + + diffutils is now designed to build with Cygwin or MinGW rather than DJGPP. + The ms subdirectory has been removed. + + * Noteworthy changes in release 3.2 (2011-09-02) [stable] ** Changes in behavior @@ -55,7 +73,7 @@ GNU diffutils NEWS -*- outline -*- New diff option --suppress-blank-empty. - Bring back support for `diff -NUM', where NUM is a number, + Bring back support for 'diff -NUM', where NUM is a number, even when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001. This change reverts to the behavior of GNU diff 2.7 and earlier. This is a change only when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001; there is no effect when @@ -91,7 +109,7 @@ User-visible changes in version 2.8.6: that 'patch' creates to indicate nonexistent backups) are now treated as nonexistent when they are in the 'backup' file position. -* If multiple SKIP values are given to cmp, e.g., `cmp -i 10 -i 20', +* If multiple SKIP values are given to cmp, e.g., 'cmp -i 10 -i 20', cmp now uses the maximal value instead of the last one. * diff now omits the ".000000000" on hosts that do not support @@ -131,7 +149,7 @@ User-visible changes in version 2.8: * cmp and diff now conform to POSIX 1003.1-2001 (IEEE Std 1003.1-2001) if the underlying system conforms to POSIX and if the _POSIX2_VERSION environment variable is set to 200112. Conformance removes support - for `diff -NUM', where NUM is a number. Use -C NUM or -U NUM instead. + for 'diff -NUM', where NUM is a number. Use -C NUM or -U NUM instead. * cmp now supports trailing operands SKIP1 and SKIP2, like BSD cmp. * cmp -i or --ignore-initial now accepts SKIP1:SKIP2 option value. * New cmp option: -n or --bytes. @@ -165,13 +183,13 @@ User-visible changes in version 2.8: category if possible, instead of using native byte comparison. * Recursive diffs now detect and report directory loops. * Diff printf specs can now use the "0" and "'" flags. -* The new sdiff interactive command `ed' precedes each version with a header. +* The new sdiff interactive command 'ed' precedes each version with a header. * On 64-bit hosts, files larger than 2 GB can be compared. * Some internationalization support has been added, but multibyte locales are still not completely supported yet. * Some diagnostics have been reworded slightly for consistency. - Also, `diff -D FOO' now outputs `/* ! FOO */' instead of `/* not FOO */'. -* The `patch' part of the manual now describes `patch' version 2.5.4. + Also, 'diff -D FOO' now outputs '/* ! FOO */' instead of '/* not FOO */'. +* The 'patch' part of the manual now describes 'patch' version 2.5.4. * Man pages are now distributed and installed. * There is support for DJGPP; see the 'ms' subdirectory and the files m4/dos.m4 and */setmode.*. @@ -209,7 +227,7 @@ User-visible changes in version 2.4: A printf spec followed by one of the following letters causes the integer corresponding to that letter to be printed according to the printf specification. - E.g. `%5df' prints the number of the first line in the + E.g. '%5df' prints the number of the first line in the group in the old file using the "%5d" format. e: line number just before the group in old file; equals f - 1 f: first line number in group in the old file @@ -222,9 +240,9 @@ User-visible changes in version 2.4: constant or a single letter interpreted as above. T and E are arbitrary format strings. This format spec is equivalent to T if A's value equals B's; otherwise it is equivalent to E. For - example, `%(N=0?no:%dN) line%(N=1?:s)' is equivalent to `no lines' + example, '%(N=0?no:%dN) line%(N=1?:s)' is equivalent to 'no lines' if N (the number of lines in the group in the new file) is 0, - to `1 line' if N is 1, and to `%dN lines' otherwise. + to '1 line' if N is 1, and to '%dN lines' otherwise. %c'C' where C is a single character, stands for the character C. C may not be a backslash or an apostrophe. E.g. %c':' stands for a colon. @@ -234,7 +252,7 @@ User-visible changes in version 2.4: * New diff line format specifications: <PRINTF_SPEC>n The line number, printed with <PRINTF_SPEC>. - E.g. `%5dn' prints the line number with a "%5d" format. + E.g. '%5dn' prints the line number with a "%5d" format. %c'C' %c'\O' The character C, or with octal code O, as above. @@ -246,14 +264,14 @@ User-visible changes in version 2.4: * cmp and diff now conform to POSIX 1003.2-1992 (ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993) if the underlying system conforms to POSIX: - Some messages' wordings are changed in minor ways. - - ``White space'' is now whatever C's `isspace' says it is. - - When comparing directories, if `diff' finds a file that is not a regular + - "White space" is now whatever C's 'isspace' says it is. + - When comparing directories, if 'diff' finds a file that is not a regular file or a directory, it reports the file's type instead of diffing it. (As usual, it follows symbolic links first.) - When signaled, sdiff exits with the signal's status, not with status 2. * Now portable to hosts where int, long, pointer, etc. are not all the same size. -* `cmp - -' now works like `diff - -'. +* 'cmp - -' now works like 'diff - -'. User-visible changes in version 2.3: @@ -306,7 +324,7 @@ User-visible changes in version 2.0: -Copyright (C) 1993-1994, 1998, 2001-2002, 2004, 2006, 2009-2011 Free Software +Copyright (C) 1993-1994, 1998, 2001-2002, 2004, 2006, 2009-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Diffutils. |