Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Fatal bug in tla?

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Andreas Fuchs <address@hidden>

    > I tried to write the config-time checking that Tom suggested, but it
    > ended in creepy things (like echo `eval $FOO` - ugh). I believe that
    > it's not easy without rewriting bigger parts of package-framework, but
    > I couldn't bring myself to do that. (-:

<Cough>   I doubt there's much or anything in package-framework that
needs _rewriting_ for this -- just a new test.

If we can come up with a very portable shell script that determines if
a recent gnu diff is what you get for some $DIFF -- I can take it from
there.


-t