Index: src/tests/pybin/tools.py
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--- src/tests/pybin/tools.py	(revision 8f346611c50954b97c8215e458a76af7fba93860)
+++ src/tests/pybin/tools.py	(revision bd56b079ae6133b449e06f41325f6401f7852df9)
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@
 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"