Re: Making diff(1) of linux kernels faster

Andries.Brouwer
2001-10-22T16:42:57Z

>> Who's the maintainer for "diff" these days?

> afaict, there is no maintainer.
> The stated maintainer has been ignoring patches for years.

-rw-r--r-- 1 aeb 312312 Oct 2 1994 diffutils-2.7.tar.gz

Yes, if that is the latest, that is old.

I wouldn't mind adding diff to util-linux until
the FSF maintainer wakes up.

(Am using a modified diff myself - one that doesn't give
a lot of output for diff after a successful cp -a,
and does not get into a loop when /etc/net is a symlink to /etc.)

Andries

[But try the FSF first. Is it Paul Eggert?]