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30.0.50; [PATCH] Fix dired mismatch on some filenames

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 64791 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64791: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Fix dired mismatch on some filenames
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 12:22:58 -0700

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> The popular name for GNU ls is actually `ls', given that you install
> Coreutils from the release tarball.

I doubt anyone would make install GNU coreutils on top of a BSD
userland, because there would be no end to the breakage that would
create.  That's the exact reason why the 'popular name' on BSD is "gls".

> Favoring `gls' over `ls' will lead to Emacs overlooking a potentially
> newer Coreutils installation as long as one from the package manager
> is already present.

I don't think I understand what situation you have in mind here.

> Have the BSDs abjured the nasty habit of placing site software in a
> single /usr/local directory?

They have not.

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