Subject: bug#7085: closed (Re: bug#7085: fmt (GNU coreutils) 6.10)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:13:01 +0000

Your bug report

#7085: fmt (GNU coreutils) 6.10

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#7085: fmt (GNU coreutils) 6.10
From: Jim Meyering <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:11:40 +0200
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tags 7085 + notabug
close 7085
thanks

Denis M. Wilson wrote:
> This program does not deal properly with CRLF terminators.
> Gratuitous CRs are left in joined lines; they should be
> removed. The user may want to keep the CRLF style or change
> to Unix (LF). There should be an option for this.

As seen in the rest of this thread, this is not a bug.

Subject: fmt (GNU coreutils) 6.10
From: "Denis M. Wilson" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:59:06 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

This program does not deal properly with CRLF terminators.
Gratuitous CRs are left in joined lines; they should be
removed. The user may want to keep the CRLF style or change
to Unix (LF). There should be an option for this.

Denis M. Wilson

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