GNU bug report logs - #7965
file util doesn't note CRLF in troff input

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Doug McIlroy <doug <at> cs.dartmouth.edu>

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 17:34:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 7965-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 7965-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7965: file util doesn't note CRLF in troff input
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:09:14 +0200

tags 7965 + notabug
close 7965
thanks

Doug McIlroy wrote:
> When file-5.03 and file-5.04 identify "troff or preprocessor
> input" that contains CRLF line terminators, they fail to report
> the CRLF property.  While the distinction doesn't matter
> to the groff suite, it does to other utilities.  It is wrong
> to hide it.

This is not a coreutils bug.
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