0000929: Missing "2" in diff -U text about consecutive unaffected lines

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0000929

[1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1] Shell and Utilities

Editorial

Omission

2015-03-10 10:14

2019-06-10 08:54

Reporter

geoffclare

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public

Assigned To

Priority

normal

Resolution

Accepted

Status

Closed

Name

Geoff Clare

Organization

The Open Group

User Reference

Section

diff

Page Number

2628

Line Number

85331

Interp Status

---

Final Accepted Text

Summary

0000929: Missing "2" in diff -U text about consecutive unaffected lines

Description

In an email thread from Feb 10, Vincent Lefevre reported that the
text "If -U n is specified, the output shall contain no more than n
consecutive unaffected lines" does not match existing practice,
which is to output up to 2*n consecutive unaffected lines.

Since the rationale states (line 85403) that the -u and -U options
were adopted from GNU diff, it seems clear that this is simply an
editorial omission of the digit "2".

Desired Action

Change:

shall contain no more than n consecutive unaffected lines

to:

shall contain no more than 2n consecutive unaffected lines

Tags

tc2-2008

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2015-03-10 10:14	geoffclare	New Issue
2015-03-10 10:14	geoffclare	Name	=> Geoff Clare
2015-03-10 10:14	geoffclare	Organization	=> The Open Group
2015-03-10 10:14	geoffclare	Section	=> diff
2015-03-10 10:14	geoffclare	Page Number	=> 2628
2015-03-10 10:14	geoffclare	Line Number	=> 85331
2015-03-10 10:14	geoffclare	Interp Status	=> ---
2015-04-09 16:28	rhansen	Status	New => Resolved
2015-04-09 16:28	rhansen	Resolution	Open => Accepted
2015-04-09 16:28	rhansen	Tag Attached: tc2-2008
2019-06-10 08:54	agadmin	Status	Resolved => Closed

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