The following reply was made to PR misc/23162; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alan Barrett <apb@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
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Subject: PR/23162 CVS commit: src/gnu/dist/diffutils/src
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:42:12 +0000 (UTC)

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	apb
 Date:		Sat Feb 18 22:42:12 UTC 2006
 
 Modified Files:
 	src/gnu/dist/diffutils/src: sdiff.c
 
 Log Message:
 Merge the check_child_status function from diffutils-2.8.7.
 The rest of the gnu/dist/diffutils tree remains at version 2.8.1.
 
 Fixes PR 23162 from George Michaelson (etcupdate/sdiff report
 error on applying merge edits)
 
 Approved by wiz, christos
 
 
 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2 src/gnu/dist/diffutils/src/sdiff.c
 
 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
 copyright notices on the relevant files.