On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Dominic Fandrey <kamik...@bsdforen.de> wrote: > OK, this really sucks. diff has lost the -P option, that I've been > relying on. Compare: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=diff&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=diff&manpath=FreeBSD+7.1-RELEASE > > It used to say: > -P When comparing directories, if a file appears only in the second > directory of the two, treat it as present but empty in the > other. > > Now it's gone. Regression? > >>
It looks like the -P option was removed from diff between FreeBSD 6.2-Release and FreeBSD 6.3-Release (diffutils 2.8.7). You can use --unidirectional-new-file instead. Scot _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
