GNU bug report logs - #25388
ls-quotes: kills existing scripts reading "ls" -1 as input

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 03:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>, Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, 25388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25388: Bug in ls, kills existing scripts reading "ls" -1 as input
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 14:52:17 -0600

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On 01/09/2017 02:39 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
> reopen 25388
> thanks
> 
> It's still a bug as it goes against adding new behaviors that
> generate different output based on destination = tty or not.

This is NOT adding a new behavior that is based on isatty() checks.  The
output may differ, but there were no new isatty() checks added,
therefore the new behavior is NOT a violation of GNU's stance that
program output should not differ based solely on whether stdout is a tty.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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