This is the mail archive of the
cygwin
mailing list for the Cygwin project.
Re: cmp (or echo) bug?
- From: David BalaÅic <xerces9 at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:58:52 +0100
- Subject: Re: cmp (or echo) bug?
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <CAPJ9Yc9uFnFSFPkYxJj2A87EzZVNrWx2mN5Pq6SxCwpf_78QVQ at mail dot gmail dot com> <loom dot 20151226T134911-504 at post dot gmane dot org> <CAPJ9Yc9zSpvPLE3kDvFGoS9w9Btuazw2CVOTHZoDDtuoO8UG6w at mail dot gmail dot com> <CAOC2fq_mZtrX-EyT6QkzoSfXgqQW8OHsiPmoeBktosfE1cx2xQ at mail dot gmail dot com>
It is irrelevant how it is implemented. The command means "compare the
output of those two commands" and the only correct result is "they
differ on byte 5".
It is clearly a bug.
--
Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple