6.52. Diffutils-3.5

The Diffutils package contains programs that show the differences between files or directories.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 30 MB

6.52.1. Installation of Diffutils

First fix a file so locale files are installed:

sed -i 's:= @mkdir_p@:= /bin/mkdir -p:' po/Makefile.in.in

Prepare Diffutils for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

The test-update-copyright.sh failure can be safely ignored.

Install the package:

make install

Installed programs: cmp, diff, diff3, and sdiff

cmp	Compares two files and reports whether or in which bytes they differ
diff	Compares two files or directories and reports which lines in the files differ
diff3	Compares three files line by line
sdiff	Merges two files and interactively outputs the results