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

From: Jeff Rizzo <riz@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/23162 CVS commit: [netbsd-3] src/gnu/dist/diffutils/src
Date: Wed,  1 Mar 2006 03:49:25 +0000 (UTC)

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	riz
 Date:		Wed Mar  1 03:49:25 UTC 2006
 
 Modified Files:
 	src/gnu/dist/diffutils/src [netbsd-3]: sdiff.c
 
 Log Message:
 Pull up following revision(s) (requested by apb in ticket #1183):
 	gnu/dist/diffutils/src/sdiff.c: revision 1.2
 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 -r1.1.1.1.6.1 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.