Package: coreutils
Version: 5.97-5.4
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/comm
Hi
when comparing files, comm fails on particular circumstances. For
example, take this from wnpp-alert:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /tmp/a
O 362929 alltraxclock -- analog clock plugin for GKrellM
RFH 354176 cvs -- Concurrent Versions System
O 382732 d4x -- graphical download manager
RFH 282283 dpkg -- dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
RFA 413482 enscript -- Converts ASCII text to Postscript, HTML, RTF or
Pretty-Print
O 438730 gkrellmss -- Plugin for GKrellM that has a VU meter and a chart
RFH 248397 grub -- GRand Unified Bootloader
O 374643 htdig -- WWW search system for an intranet or small internet
O 369135 imlib -- Imaging Library for X
O 394841 kde-style-klearlook -- Clone of GNOME's Clearlooks theme for KDE
RFA 388365 libifp -- communicate with iRiver iFP audio devices
O 364606 lirc -- Linux Infra-red Remote Control support
RFA 421026 mysql-dfsg-5.0 -- MySQL database server
RFH 354174 nas -- The Network Audio System
RFH 373824 ntp -- Network Time Protocol: network utilities
RFH 419523 openoffice.org -- OpenOffice.org Office suite
RFH 332498 openssl -- Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
O 279824 perlftlib -- Perl module for the FreeType library
RFH 423334 poppler -- PDF rendering library and utilities
RFH 358521 sgml-data -- common SGML and XML data
RFH 263052 stlport4.6 -- STLport C++ class library
RFH 377467 svn-buildpackage -- helper programs to maintain Debian packages
with Subversion
O 403683 toshset -- Access much of the Toshiba laptop hardware interface
O 427131 wmavgload -- small NeXTStep-like system load average monitor
O 406512 xcruise -- Fly about a 3D-formed file system
O 431760 xli -- command line tool for viewing images in X11
O 418367 ytalk -- enhanced talk program
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat .devscripts_cache/.wnpp-diff
O 362929 alltraxclock -- analog clock plugin for GKrellM
RFH 354176 cvs -- Concurrent Versions System
O 382732 d4x -- graphical download manager
RFH 282283 dpkg -- dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
RFA 413482 enscript -- Converts ASCII text to Postscript, HTML, RTF or
Pretty-Print
O 438730 gkrellmss -- Plugin for GKrellM that has a VU meter and a chart
RFH 248397 grub -- GRand Unified Bootloader
O 374643 htdig -- WWW search system for an intranet or small internet
O 369135 imlib -- Imaging Library for X
O 394841 kde-style-klearlook -- Clone of GNOME's Clearlooks theme for KDE
RFA 388365 libifp -- communicate with iRiver iFP audio devices
O 364606 lirc -- Linux Infra-red Remote Control support
RFA 421026 mysql-dfsg-5.0 -- MySQL database server
RFH 354174 nas -- The Network Audio System
RFH 373824 ntp -- Network Time Protocol: network utilities
RFH 419523 openoffice.org -- OpenOffice.org Office suite
RFH 332498 openssl -- Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
O 279824 perlftlib -- Perl module for the FreeType library
RFH 358521 sgml-data -- common SGML and XML data
RFH 263052 stlport4.6 -- STLport C++ class library
RFH 377467 svn-buildpackage -- helper programs to maintain Debian packages
with Subversion
O 403683 toshset -- Access much of the Toshiba laptop hardware interface
O 427131 wmavgload -- small NeXTStep-like system load average monitor
O 406512 xcruise -- Fly about a 3D-formed file system
O 431760 xli -- command line tool for viewing images in X11
O 418367 ytalk -- enhanced talk program
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
As you can see, the only line that is different in the 2 files is the
"poppler" one.
So running comm -3 between the 2 files, I expect to see only that line,
instead of:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ comm -3 /tmp/a .devscripts_cache/.wnpp-diff
RFH 358521 sgml-data -- common SGML and XML data
RFH 263052 stlport4.6 -- STLport C++ class library
RFH 377467 svn-buildpackage -- helper programs to maintain Debian
packages with Subversion
O 403683 toshset -- Access much of the Toshiba laptop hardware interface
O 427131 wmavgload -- small NeXTStep-like system load average monitor
O 406512 xcruise -- Fly about a 3D-formed file system
O 431760 xli -- command line tool for viewing images in X11
O 418367 ytalk -- enhanced talk program
RFH 423334 poppler -- PDF rendering library and utilities
RFH 358521 sgml-data -- common SGML and XML data
RFH 263052 stlport4.6 -- STLport C++ class library
RFH 377467 svn-buildpackage -- helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
O 403683 toshset -- Access much of the Toshiba laptop hardware interface
O 427131 wmavgload -- small NeXTStep-like system load average monitor
O 406512 xcruise -- Fly about a 3D-formed file system
O 431760 xli -- command line tool for viewing images in X11
O 418367 ytalk -- enhanced talk program
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
diff, for example, displays the correct result:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ diff -Naur /tmp/a .devscripts_cache/.wnpp-diff
--- /tmp/a 2007-10-15 23:22:49.000000000 +0200
+++ .devscripts_cache/.wnpp-diff 2007-10-15 23:23:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
RFH 419523 openoffice.org -- OpenOffice.org Office suite
RFH 332498 openssl -- Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
O 279824 perlftlib -- Perl module for the FreeType library
-RFH 423334 poppler -- PDF rendering library and utilities
RFH 358521 sgml-data -- common SGML and XML data
RFH 263052 stlport4.6 -- STLport C++ class library
RFH 377467 svn-buildpackage -- helper programs to maintain Debian packages
with Subversion
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
Regards
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages coreutils depends on:
ii libacl1 2.2.45-1 Access control list shared library
ii libc6 2.6.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libselinux1 2.0.15-2+b1 SELinux shared libraries
coreutils recommends no packages.
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