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.
This updated diffutils package fixes a bug in which running the "diff -bBw"
command on a very large file (250 MB, for example) in a multi-byte locale
(i.e. UTF-8), would cause 100% CPU usage and take a very long time to
complete, if it completed at all. This fix greatly reduces the amount of
time diff takes on large input files.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated diffutils 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 Desktop (v. 4) |
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| SRPMS: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.src.rpm |
7491c342c841130c9d6ad786be222516 |
| |
| IA-32: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.i386.rpm |
76ca4623e40c42285e62347db685d17a |
| |
| x86_64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.x86_64.rpm |
b6b0d75b64c489e8abb2ab5796bc4832 |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) |
|
| SRPMS: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.src.rpm |
7491c342c841130c9d6ad786be222516 |
| |
| IA-32: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.i386.rpm |
76ca4623e40c42285e62347db685d17a |
| |
| IA-64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.ia64.rpm |
5388d70529bde4537d92926c4618da8c |
| |
| PPC: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.ppc.rpm |
fbad54fe5b213be1f53f9f4e63ba6a38 |
| |
| s390: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.s390.rpm |
5b94a292e779f934eee774fa5b018758 |
| |
| s390x: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.s390x.rpm |
68e6edb5b13ae60ea3bca24c0e7ed746 |
| |
| x86_64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.x86_64.rpm |
b6b0d75b64c489e8abb2ab5796bc4832 |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) |
|
| SRPMS: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.src.rpm |
7491c342c841130c9d6ad786be222516 |
| |
| IA-32: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.i386.rpm |
76ca4623e40c42285e62347db685d17a |
| |
| IA-64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.ia64.rpm |
5388d70529bde4537d92926c4618da8c |
| |
| x86_64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.x86_64.rpm |
b6b0d75b64c489e8abb2ab5796bc4832 |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) |
|
| SRPMS: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.src.rpm |
7491c342c841130c9d6ad786be222516 |
| |
| IA-32: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.i386.rpm |
76ca4623e40c42285e62347db685d17a |
| |
| IA-64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.ia64.rpm |
5388d70529bde4537d92926c4618da8c |
| |
| x86_64: |
| diffutils-2.8.1-12.1.el4.x86_64.rpm |
b6b0d75b64c489e8abb2ab5796bc4832 |
| |
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)
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diffutils bug fix update