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bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output |
Date: |
Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:41:59 +0200 |
Eric Blake wrote:
> On 09/17/2011 07:50 AM, Rüdiger Meier wrote:
>> Maybe you could start to correct it this way:
>>
>> 1. add option --textmode ...
>
> Rather, --text. But yes, we need this option, so that --binary can be
md5sum already has a --text option.
> default (like it was meant to be). On systems where text and binary
--binary is already the default where it makes a difference,
unless reading from a terminal.
> are identical (per POSIX), you want the default to be ' ', not '*'.
That is already the case.
> And on systems where they differ, the major use of summing is to
> confirm binary compatibility, not text compatibility, so --text should
> be an explicit option for O_TEXT and you should default to O_BINARY.
> We shouldn't need a --binary, but must keep it for compatibility.
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Reuben Thomas, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Rüdiger Meier, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Eric Blake, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Rüdiger Meier, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Rüdiger Meier, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Eric Blake, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output,
Jim Meyering <=
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Rüdiger Meier, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Alan Curry, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Rüdiger Meier, 2011/09/17
bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Jim Meyering, 2011/09/17