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Re: new module 'system-quote'


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: new module 'system-quote'
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 01:59:57 +0200
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Paul Eggert wrote:
> In the context of 'diff' we don't want "*" to be a wildcard;
> we want it to be just a literal "*".

Your statement holds not only in the context of 'diff', but also in the
context of any program that uses gnulib. Because gnulib is about implementing
POSIX semantics on weird systems.

Bruno




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