An updated diffutils package that fixes a bug is now available.
The diffutils package contains utilities for comparing text files. These
utilities include diff, cmp, diff3 and sdiff.
Running the "diff -bBw" command on a very large input file (eg 250 MB), in
a multi-byte locale (ie UTF-8), took a very long time to complete, if at all.
In a reported case, a diff ran for multiple days and did not complete. In
certain situations, this could cause 100% CPU usage.
The "lines_differ_multibyte" section of util.c has been modified, which
greatly reduces the time diff takes on large input files.
All users of diffutils are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves this issue.
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) |
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| SRPMS: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.src.rpm |
46865e4f2aa4515bdcb7a74bcd134ca2 |
| |
| IA-32: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.i386.rpm |
02a085510121fb85dd2fd38266c3bcef |
| |
| IA-64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.ia64.rpm |
a1d7959d1a615fb791ee06b5a14447ae |
| |
| PPC: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.ppc.rpm |
606efc9d47381943d5825a6dfddf7804 |
| |
| s390x: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.s390x.rpm |
dcfe2f7fc99d5a126197d6f1bbca432f |
| |
| x86_64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm |
0dc75d670ca44efbe21f0ed22c20ad67 |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) |
|
| SRPMS: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.src.rpm |
46865e4f2aa4515bdcb7a74bcd134ca2 |
| |
| IA-32: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.i386.rpm |
02a085510121fb85dd2fd38266c3bcef |
| |
| x86_64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5.x86_64.rpm |
0dc75d670ca44efbe21f0ed22c20ad67 |
| |
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)
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diffutils bug fix update