[hafqa] [hafqa] [Bug 3032] missing diff utility (required by the GNU Coding Standards)

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https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3032





------- Comment #4 from vincent-maemo at vinc17.org  2008-09-11 10:46 GMT+3 -------
(In reply to comment #3)
> What's more, I can supply a way to use the diff script at present version, but
> it not the best way to solve this bug.
> 1. Download the newest version busybox.( busybox-1.11.1.tar.gz) Compile and
> install it in scratchbox.
> 2. Create a symbolic link with busybox 
>  [sbox-CHINOOK_ARMEL: ~/application/busybox-1.11.1] >ln –s busybox diff 
> 3. Then copy diff to N810’s /usr/bin/ directory.

That's really bad because /usr/bin/diff would not be part of any package,
meaning possible upgrade failures later (and I don't have scratchbox).

Recompiling GNU diff from upstream (directly on the N810) was much simpler (and
I have a better diff).


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