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-Wed Aug 23 08:19:08 IDT 2017
+Fri Sep 7 10:34:54 IDT 2018
============================
I have a report that Alpine Linux uses BusyBox for its utilities. In
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@ Install coreutils on your Alpine Linux system:
in order to get a fully POSIX-compliant ls.
+Similarly, 'make diffout' fails because BusyBox diff doesn't accept
+the -c option. To get a working diff, use:
+
+ apk add diffutils
+
Arnold Robbins
arnold@skeeve.com