bug#17637: bug "cut of end-line is skipped"

[Pádraig Brady]

tags 17637 - notabug

On 05/30/2014 06:43 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Arguments for reverting to old behavior:
>   compat for coreutils only scripts
>   compat with existing i18n patch in various distros
>   Valid use cases albeit achievable with other utils
> 
> Arguments for keeping new behavior
>   avoids users introducing unneeded GNU extensions to scripts
>   avoids special casing last '\n' in file
>   allows for more efficient implementation
> 
> Compat concerns win here I think so
> I'm 55:45 in favor of applying the attached patch
> to reinstate the functionality.

Pushed.

thanks,
Pádraig.