[bug #35267] cvs should use diff --label, not diff -L

[Paul Eggert]

URL:
  <http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?35267>

                 Summary: cvs should use diff --label, not diff -L
                 Project: Concurrent Versions System
            Submitted by: eggert
            Submitted on: Sun 08 Jan 2012 12:25:00 PM PST
                Category: Bug Fix (patch attached)
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 
         Discussion Lock: Any
           Fixed Release: None
   Fixed Feature Release: None

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Details:

Currently CVS uses GNU diff's -L option.
That option has been undocumented since diffutils 2.8
(released in March 2002) and the option is intended to
be replaced sometime soon with a different meaning.

Can you please fix CVS so that it uses "diff --label"
instead of "diff -L"?  That will make CVS immune to this
planned change.  Thanks.

A proposed (but untested) patch is attached.



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File Attachments:


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Date: Sun 08 Jan 2012 12:25:00 PM PST  Name: cvs-patch.txt  Size: 2kB   By:
eggert
proposed patch for -L -&gt; --label
<http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=24768>

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