[SVN-1778] [python] FileDiff broken on Windows

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: all
• Fix Version/s: 1.10.x, 1.15
• Component/s: bindings_swig_python

Environment

Windows 2000

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 05/Mar/04 14:49
• Updated: 05/Oct/23 07:53
• Resolved: 05/Oct/23 07:53

Description

In function get_pipe, class FileDiff spawns a "diff" process, but usually no
"diff.exe" executable is available under Windows, so the FileDiff class might be
completely non-functional on most Win installation. Maybe using Python difflib
calls could be a better solution.

Original issue reported by iaanus