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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-04-16 00:36:32 -0500 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-04-16 19:21:13 -0500 |
| commit | b6f9f9634d099b45f6875bcbdae79988670c32fd (patch) | |
| tree | 61e2621c120f3113d9bc6ff679d9203e06a157f1 /ANNOUNCE | |
| parent | 312857800eceb5a49f3f3f4aed990dc3b63ea4f0 (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-b6f9f9634d099b45f6875bcbdae79988670c32fd.tar.gz | |
ANNOUNCE: Clarify gdiffmk issues.
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@@ -142,10 +142,18 @@ sha256sum < groff-1.23.0.rc4.tar.gz | cut -f1 -d\ | xxd -r -p | base64 Caveats ======= -o A defect in GNU diffutils 3.9 (January 2023) causes gdiffmk to +o Some portability issues are known to affect groff's gdiffmk utility. + + A defect in GNU diffutils 3.9 (January 2023) causes gdiffmk to malfunction and its automated test to fail. See <https://debbugs.gnu.org/db/61/61193.html>. + gdiffmk does not work with BusyBox diff (which does not implement GNU + diff's "-D" option). + + gdiffmk does not work on FreeBSD due to specifics of that platform's + expr(1) implementation. + o GNU tools, or otherwise POSIX-conforming ones, are generally required to build on Solaris 10 or 11. See the "PROBLEMS" file in the distribution archive. |