Bug 1051797 - systemd should requires diffutils
Summary: systemd should requires diffutils
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: systemd
Version: 20
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: systemd-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-01-11 16:35 UTC by Michael S.
Modified: 2015-12-10 15:46 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: systemd-208-14.fc20
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-02-24 12:33:28 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Michael S. 2014-01-11 16:35:13 UTC
systemd should likely have a requires on diff :

git/systemd $ grep execlp src/delta/delta.c
                execlp("diff", "diff", "-us", "--", bottom, top, NULL);

Comment 1 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2014-01-11 17:53:08 UTC
I added a dependency in the package repo now. But thinking about it a bit more, I'm not sure if this is a good step. diffutils is one MB, and it would be better to simply not provide diffing if diffutils are not available.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2014-01-15 01:25:56 UTC
systemd-208-11.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-208-11.fc20

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2014-01-16 07:01:49 UTC
Package systemd-208-11.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-208-11.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-0902/systemd-208-11.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-02-17 07:38:08 UTC
systemd-208-13.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-208-13.fc20

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2014-02-17 15:06:17 UTC
systemd-208-14.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-208-14.fc20

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2014-02-24 12:33:28 UTC
systemd-208-14.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Matthew Miller 2015-12-10 15:46:16 UTC
For context, this appears to be used by systemd-delta:

       systemd-delta may be used to identify and compare configuration files
       that override other configuration files. Files in /etc have highest
       priority, files in /run have the second highest priority, ..., files in
       /lib have lowest priority. Files in a directory with higher priority
       ...

Possibly for container/minimal purposes, this and other utils (e.g. systemd-cgls, systemd-cgtop, systemd-escape, systemd-analyze, etc.) could go in a systemd-tools subpackge.


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