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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2007-07-13 18:37:16 +0200
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2007-07-13 18:37:16 +0200
commit916fcda554f5859ee51c4fb13031728a54d92a52 (patch)
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parentd26ba897eb944b84e4af7e1744e12b98803ccc4c (diff)
downloadcoreutils-916fcda554f5859ee51c4fb13031728a54d92a52.tar.xz
Warn about non-portable use of unescaped backslash at end of string,
and treat it as if it were escaped. * src/tr.c (unquote): Considering that such usage would make GNU tr from coreutils-5.2.1 and earlier *fail*, the least we can do now is to warn about it. Solaris' tr ignores it. * NEWS: Mention this.
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
pr -F no longer suppresses the footer or the first two blank lines in
the header. This is for compatibility with BSD and POSIX.
+ tr now warns about an unescaped backslash at end of string.
+ The tr from coreutils-5.2.1 and earlier would fail for such usage,
+ and Solaris' tr ignores that final byte.
+
** New features
Add SELinux support (FIXME: add details here)