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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From: Doug McIlroy <doug <at> cs.dartmouth.edu>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: file util doesn't note CRLF in troff input
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:22:30 -0500

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.

Doug McIlroy
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 303 days ago.

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