On 09/02/2011 01:37 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> It looks like your check in tests/init.sh is too pessimistic:
>
> if ( diff --version < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep GNU ) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> compare () { diff -u "$@"; }
>
> Change that to
>
> if ( diff -u "$0" "$0" < /dev/null ) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> compare () { diff -u "$@"; }
>
> and you should receive better output.
I think the source of that is gnulib/tests/init.sh
So feel free to apply the above change there
and all projects can then sync from that as required.
cheers,
Pádraig.