xxdiff is abandoned upstream, and it doesn't have unicode support it's pretty much been replaced by kdiff3 or meld, here's a nice post about more replacements, http://amjith.blogspot.com/2007/07/visual-diff-tools-in-linux.html
and last but not least, bug 283429
# Jeremy Olexa <darkside@gentoo.org> (09 Jan 2009) # Doesn't support unicode, dead upstream, qt3. Removed in 60 days. See bug # 300216 for replacement options. dev-util/xxdiff
(In reply to comment #2) > # Jeremy Olexa <darkside@gentoo.org> (09 Jan 2009) > # Doesn't support unicode, dead upstream, qt3. Removed in 60 days. See bug > # 300216 for replacement options. > dev-util/xxdiff > you should also consider to mask or remove kde use flag in app-portage/cfg-update-1.8.2-r1 since it includes xxdiff as dependency
(In reply to comment #3) > you should also consider to mask or remove kde use flag in > app-portage/cfg-update-1.8.2-r1 since it includes xxdiff as dependency Done. KDE support should be with kompare or kdiff3...
In fact, if you look at cfg-update sources there IS some support for kdiff3 and kompare. The USE flag only pulled in xxdiff, I guess that's from KDE3 legacy.
For cfg-update, older versions depended on || ( xxdiff kdiff3 ), I had dropped the kdiff3 dep at Stephan's request (the maintainer) but it should still work without a problem, so I can add that back in.
(In reply to comment #0) > xxdiff is abandoned upstream, and it doesn't have unicode support > > it's pretty much been replaced by kdiff3 or meld, here's a nice post about more > replacements, > > http://amjith.blogspot.com/2007/07/visual-diff-tools-in-linux.html > You are absolutely wrong, because: 1. All releases of xxdiff: 4.0b1 (21 Nov 2010 11:42) Version 4.0b1: A complete Qt4 port (which works on the Mac) has been done by Alexandre Feblot. 2, Most part of sources and configuration files need no any unicoode, ANSI is OK! So, there was no any reasons to remove it from the tree and masking was enough! For sure, somebody works on changing old ebuild to the new one, according "Qt4-based ebuild howto", from sources 4.0b1 builds fine and works.. PS: Right now I can't find ant sources of the old dev-util/xxdiff-3.2-r1.ebuld (x11-libs/qt:3) to start changing it to the new dev-util/xxdiff-4.0-b1 (qt4), FTF! ((;
(In reply to comment #7) > You are absolutely wrong, because: This is more than a year old bug. xxdiff was dead at the time, and was removed. there is no qt3 in portage either anymore, so it had to go. That said, there is nothing stopping from readding xxdiff as a new package like any other new package. File a new request bug. And the old ebuilds are always kept in CVS Attic: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-util/xxdiff/?hideattic=0