Index: tests/pybin/tools.py
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--- tests/pybin/tools.py	(revision 575a6e500466575fde0acedd9b84c09b42ac2ee8)
+++ tests/pybin/tools.py	(revision 0e0f128c9f975b8eb3f6b0870c12c639668ef24c)
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@
 def diff( lhs, rhs ):
 	# diff the output of the files
-	diff_cmd = ("diff --ignore-all-space "
+	diff_cmd = ("diff --ignore-all-space --text "
 				"--ignore-blank-lines "
 				"--old-group-format='\t\tmissing lines :\n"