Bug 431352 - [PATCH] Get rid of diffutils (/usr/bin/cmp) dependency
Summary: [PATCH] Get rid of diffutils (/usr/bin/cmp) dependency
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: man
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Ivana Varekova
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-02-03 11:02 UTC by Ville Skyttä
Modified: 2008-03-26 12:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-03-26 12:38:08 UTC
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CMP helper that works without diffutils (215 bytes, text/plain)
2008-02-03 11:02 UTC, Ville Skyttä 		no flags Details
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Description Ville Skyttä 2008-02-03 11:02:51 UTC 
Looks like it would be easy to get rid of the diffutils dependency in man,
installing something like the attached script to let's say
/usr/libexec/man-cmp.sh and setting CMP to it in /etc/man.config should do the
trick.

More discussion at
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-January/msg02881.html
Comment 1 Ville Skyttä 2008-02-03 11:02:51 UTC 
Created attachment 293831 [details]
CMP helper that works without diffutils
Comment 2 Ivana Varekova 2008-03-26 12:38:08 UTC 
Thanks. Fixed in man-1.6f-2.fc9.
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