Bug#385352: diff: uses huge amounts of memory when doing a unified diff between two huge text files

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Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, ROBERTOJIMENOCA@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Package: diff
> > Version: 2.8.7-0.2
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > diff uses huge amounts of memory when doing a unified diff between two huge 
> > text files
> > Just do:
> > diff -u hugefile1.txt hugefile2.txt
> > 
> > The problem is that the diff doesn't get done since the computer has not
> > that much virtual memory.
> 
> Is this specific to 2.8.7 or you can also reproduce with 2.8.1 in
> testing and unstable?

I can also reproduce the bug with earlier versions (like 2.8.1).
It is not a regression.



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