GNU bug report logs - #68695
Please, fix documentation on whitespace in pathnames

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Matěj Cepl <mcepl <at> cepl.eu>

Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Matěj Cepl <mcepl <at> cepl.eu>
To: 68695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68695: Please, fix documentation on whitespace in pathnames
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:55:02 +0100
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https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Unusual-File-Names.html#Unusual%20File%20Names
still contains rather disturbing information, that diffutils are
incapable working with space in filenames/dirnames. I was just
deciding to stop using quilt because of that information, when I
was told clearly, that just the documentation is obsolete. Could
somebody fix that page, please?

Thank you,

Matěj Cepl

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