6.51. 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

6.51.1. 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

6.51.2. Contents of Diffutils

Installed programs: cmp, diff, diff3, and sdiff

Short Descriptions

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