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diff --git a/chapter06/diffutils.xml b/chapter06/diffutils.xml index ade0ece11..5234bd6c7 100644 --- a/chapter06/diffutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/diffutils.xml @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Diffutils</title> +<para>POSIX requires the <command>diff</command> command to treat whitespace +characters according to the current locale. The following patch fixes the +non-compliance issue:</para> + +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&diffutils-i18n-patch;</userinput></screen> + <para>Prepare Diffutils for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> |