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bug#31353: ls unexpectedly quoting filenames
From: |
billy noah |
Subject: |
bug#31353: ls unexpectedly quoting filenames |
Date: |
Thu, 3 May 2018 07:16:10 -0400 |
Ok I stand corrected about no one liking it. But I just read upwards of
100 comments on that linked SO question and I don't recall a single person
speaking up in favor of the new behaviour. While you may have a point
about security issues, the new default should probably be a user selectable
option, not the default. Have you conducted any kind of poll to determine
what the vast majority of users prefer? Can you please illustrate a
scenario where non-quoted filenames would be a security issue?
On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 2:01 AM, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> billy noah wrote:
>
> No one seems to
>> like this new behaviour
>>
> I like the new behavior. The old behavior had security problems, since
> file names with unusual characters could confuse users into thinking that
> the file system was X when it really was Y. The new behavior avoids these
> problems, and so is safer and more predictable. You can resurrect the old
> behavior, if you like, by using a shell script called 'ls' that invokes
> /usr/bin/ls with the settings you prefer. However, the default settings
> should be safe, not risky.
>