On Mon, 12 May 2008, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Package: diff > Version: 2.8.1-12 > Severity: normal > > When "diff -y" in run on files that contain multibyte characters (in > UTF-8), the alignment is incorrect in the output. For instance, > > diff -y file1 file2 > > on the attached files file1 and file2 produces the attached result > (see "out" attachment): lines with non-ASCII characters have additional > spaces. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.5-20080423 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Two questions: Could it be because you are using a locale which is not UTF-8 friendly? (the one in the line "Locale:" above). Does this happen with version 2.8.7 in experimental? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
