Some of the flags used with the first diff found in PATH cause the vendor diff to choke. --- Documentation/install-webdoc.sh | 2 +- Makefile | 4 +++- config.mak.in | 1 + configure.ac | 1 + git-merge-one-file.sh | 2 +- 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: b/Makefile =================================================================== --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ export prefix bindir sharedir sysconfdir CC = gcc AR = ar RM = rm -f +DIFF = diff TAR = tar FIND = find INSTALL = install @@ -1460,7 +1461,7 @@ endif ALL_CFLAGS += $(BASIC_CFLAGS) ALL_LDFLAGS += $(BASIC_LDFLAGS) -export TAR INSTALL DESTDIR SHELL_PATH +export DIFF TAR INSTALL DESTDIR SHELL_PATH ### Build rules @@ -1877,6 +1878,7 @@ GIT-CFLAGS: FORCE GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE @echo SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >$@ @echo PERL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH_SQ))'\' >>$@ + @echo DIFF=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(DIFF)))'\' >>$@ @echo TAR=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TAR)))'\' >>$@ @echo NO_CURL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_CURL)))'\' >>$@ @echo NO_PERL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_PERL)))'\' >>$@ Index: b/configure.ac =================================================================== --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ fi #AC_PROG_INSTALL # needs install-sh or install.sh in sources AC_CHECK_TOOLS(AR, [gar ar], :) AC_CHECK_PROGS(TAR, [gtar tar]) +AC_CHECK_PROGS(DIFF, [gnudiff gdiff diff]) # TCLTK_PATH will be set to some value if we want Tcl/Tk # or will be empty otherwise. if test -z "$NO_TCLTK"; then Index: b/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh =================================================================== --- a/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh +++ b/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ do then : did not match elif test -f "$T/$h" && - diff -u -I'Last updated [0-9][0-9]-[A-Z][a-z][a-z]-' "$T/$h" "$h" + $DIFF -u -I'Last updated [0-9][0-9]-[A-Z][a-z][a-z]-' "$T/$h" "$h" then :; # up to date else Index: b/git-merge-one-file.sh =================================================================== --- a/git-merge-one-file.sh +++ b/git-merge-one-file.sh @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in # remove lines that are unique to ours. orig=`git-unpack-file $2` sz0=`wc -c <"$orig"` - diff -u -La/$orig -Lb/$orig $orig $src2 | git apply --no-add + $DIFF -u -La/$orig -Lb/$orig $orig $src2 | git apply --no-add sz1=`wc -c <"$orig"` # If we do not have enough common material, it is not Index: b/config.mak.in =================================================================== --- a/config.mak.in +++ b/config.mak.in @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ CC_LD_DYNPATH = @CC_LD_DYNPATH@ AR = @AR@ TAR = @TAR@ +DIFF = @DIFF@ #INSTALL = @INSTALL@ # needs install-sh or install.sh in sources TCLTK_PATH = @TCLTK_PATH@ -- Gary V. Vaughan (gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html