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sharutils: uuencode man page says "0rom " rather than "\nFrom "


From: Rain
Subject: sharutils: uuencode man page says "0rom " rather than "\nFrom "
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:48:54 -0800
User-agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.11.0-alpha0-153-g7e3bb84806-fm-20240215.007-g7e3bb848

Hello --

Thank you for maintaining GNU sharutils. I'm sending this email to report a
minor documentation issue.

I'm using an Ubuntu 22.04 GNU/Linux system with GNU sharutils 4.15.2. I was
looking at the uuencode man page today and noticed that the DESCRIPTION section
says:

---
Specifically, email cannot handle binary data and will often even insert a
character when the six character sequence "0rom " is seen.
---

To my understanding, that should actually be the character sequence "\nFrom ".
It seems like the "\nF" sequence is getting interpreted somehow.

This is not a serious issue because it doesn't affect functionality -- just a
documentation nit that left me confused for a bit.

Thanks and regards,

Rain
(they/she)



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