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[PATCH] *sum --help: add note about binary/text mode

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From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] *sum --help: add note about binary/text mode
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:48:01 +0100

* src/md5sum.c (usage): Make it clear that there is no difference
between binary mode and text mode on GNU systems.

Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/406981
Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1688740
---
 src/md5sum.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/md5sum.c b/src/md5sum.c
index 3532f7b7a..f75b6de02 100644
--- a/src/md5sum.c
+++ b/src/md5sum.c
@@ -287,7 +287,10 @@ The following five options are useful only when verifying checksums:\n\
 The sums are computed as described in %s.  When checking, the input\n\
 should be a former output of this program.  The default mode is to print a\n\
 line with checksum, a space, a character indicating input mode ('*' for binary,\
-\n' ' for text or where binary is insignificant), and name for each FILE.\n"),
+\n' ' for text or where binary is insignificant), and name for each FILE.\n\
+\n\
+Note: There is no difference between binary mode and text mode on GNU systems.\
+\n"),
               DIGEST_REFERENCE);
       emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME);
     }
-- 
2.17.2

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