diff -up diffutils-2.8.1/src/sdiff.c.sdiff-E diffutils-2.8.1/src/sdiff.c
--- diffutils-2.8.1/src/sdiff.c.sdiff-E	2009-02-13 17:00:38.000000000 +0000
+++ diffutils-2.8.1/src/sdiff.c	2009-02-13 17:31:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   diffarg (DEFAULT_DIFF_PROGRAM);
 
   /* parse command line args */
-  while ((opt = getopt_long (argc, argv, "abBdHiI:lo:stvw:W", longopts, 0))
+  while ((opt = getopt_long (argc, argv, "abBdEHiI:lo:stvw:W", longopts, 0))
 	 != -1)
     {
       switch (opt)