Hello Alexandre, * Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 10:42:48AM CEST: > On second though I'm less happy the "global" empty file. The > reason is that we can use --diff='diff -u' or any other tools > that shows the filename in its output, and such a global file > would look weird.
Agreed. > It occurred to me that there is a simpler approach that does not > require any configury magic, and no new command lines options. [...] > I'm checking this in. Thanks! This seems to fix the issue for good on Tru64. Cheers, Ralf > 2006-08-04 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * aclocal.in (install_file): Cannot use /dev/null while diffing > new files, because Tru64's diff do not handle /dev/null. So > create an empty destination file before running diff on a new > file, and erase it afterward. Fall back to using /dev/null only > if we cannot create this file. > Report and initial patch from Ralf Wildenhues. > (unlink_tmp): New function. > * test/acloca18.test: Make sure the empty file has been erased.
