[rancid] issue with email diffs

Discussion:

Marr, Joe

2007-07-17 03:15:50 UTC

I seem to have a problem with the config diffs I receive from rancid:

Index: configs/XXXX-cor01.XXXX.com
===================================================================

retrieving revision 1.38

diff -U-4 -r1.38 XXXX-cor01.XXXX.com

Index: configs/XXXX-cor05.XXXX.com
===================================================================

retrieving revision 1.29

diff -U-4 -r1.29 XXXX-cor05.XXXX.com

when I receive an email with a diff, I only see the above text in the
email. I do not receive the actual differences.

Why would this happen?

Joe Marr

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Austin Schutz

2007-07-17 07:59:19 UTC

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Post by Marr, Joe
Index: configs/XXXX-cor01.XXXX.com
===================================================================
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -U-4 -r1.38 XXXX-cor01.XXXX.com
Index: configs/XXXX-cor05.XXXX.com
===================================================================
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -U-4 -r1.29 XXXX-cor05.XXXX.com
when I receive an email with a diff, I only see the above text in the
email. I do not receive the actual differences.
Why would this happen?

In control_rancid it looks like changes where only whitespace changes
get cut from the diff output. There's probably a newline added or subtracted,
or something of that nature.

Austin

Marr, Joe

2007-07-17 13:26:40 UTC

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I checked that, I have about 75 devices several of them with ACLs that
are updated weekly. The changes never show up.

This is only recent. I originally thought it was a setting, however I
have not found it. We migrated the system from one box to another and
the problem showed up shortly after. The configs and changes appear to
be commited to CVS.

Joe Marr
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-----Original Message-----
From: Austin Schutz [mailto:***@off.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:59 AM
To: Marr, Joe
Cc: rancid-***@shrubbery.net
Subject: Re: [rancid] issue with email diffs

In control_rancid it looks like changes where only whitespace
changes
get cut from the diff output. There's probably a newline added or
subtracted,
or something of that nature.

Austin

john heasley

2007-07-17 16:29:50 UTC

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Post by Marr, Joe
I checked that, I have about 75 devices several of them with ACLs that
are updated weekly. The changes never show up.
This is only recent. I originally thought it was a setting, however I
have not found it. We migrated the system from one box to another and
the problem showed up shortly after. The configs and changes appear to
be commited to CVS.

my guess is that my autoconf tests lost; does your diff really like
'diff -U-4'? try it out; cvs diff -U-4 -r1.37 -r1.38 XXXX-cor01.XXXX.com

Post by Marr, Joe

In control_rancid it looks like changes where only whitespace
changes
get cut from the diff output. There's probably a newline added or subtracted,
or something of that nature.
Austin
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