From b6f9f9634d099b45f6875bcbdae79988670c32fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "G. Branden Robinson" Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:36:32 -0500 Subject: ANNOUNCE: Clarify gdiffmk issues. --- ANNOUNCE | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'ANNOUNCE') diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index b67bcaaea..de38849eb 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -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 . + 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. -- cgit v1.2.1