Subject: bug#23422: stat -c %N returns strange results for file names including <TAB>

From: Ruediger Meier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 18:58:07 +0200

On Wednesday 04 May 2016, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Ruediger Meier <[email-masked]> writes:
> > Anyways the incompatible change is IMO not acceptable. %N is
> > probably most likely used in scripts which rely on the known style.
>
> The style was never documented (and still isn't).

What does this mean? Using %N wasn't and still isn't recommended because 
behavior is undefined? Come on ...