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00009291003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1Shell and Utilitiespublic2015-03-10 10:142019-06-10 08:54
Reportergeoffclare Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityEditorialTypeOmission
Status ClosedResolutionAccepted 
NameGeoff Clare
OrganizationThe Open Group
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Sectiondiff
Page Number2628
Line Number85331
Interp Status---
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Summary0000929: Missing "2" in diff -U text about consecutive unaffected lines
DescriptionIn 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 ActionChange:

shall contain no more than n consecutive unaffected lines

to:

shall contain no more than 2n consecutive unaffected lines
Tagstc2-2008

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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