Package: diff Version: 2.8.1-11 Severity: normal The output of the cmp command should be documented. I'm not sure there's a bug a not, but it is really strange:
dixsept% printf a > file1 dixsept% printf ab > file2 dixsept% cmp file1 file2 cmp: EOF on file1 dixsept% cmp file1 file2 > /dev/null dixsept% cmp file1 file2 2> /dev/null dixsept% cmp=$(cmp file1 file2) cmp: EOF on file1 dixsept% echo $cmp dixsept% cmp=$(cmp file1 file2 2> /dev/null) dixsept% echo $cmp dixsept% cmp=$(cmp file1 file2 2>&1) dixsept% echo $cmp cmp: EOF on file1 dixsept% I don't think it is POSIX compliant. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/cmp.html For instance, with "cmp file1 file2 > /dev/null", there should be an output to stderr in the above case. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.4-20051215 Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages diff depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an diff recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
