bug#44467: closed (28.0.50; Dired flagging next file for deleteiion, if on file name with new line)

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deleteiion, if on file name with new line
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #44467,
regarding 28.0.50; Dired flagging next file for deleteiion, if on file name 
with new line
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> 28.0.50; Dired flagging next file for deleteiion, if on file name with new line
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> Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:00:21 +0300
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> I am using file managers to sometimes delete files on system that may
> not be easy deleting when in shell. Server intrusion happens from time
> to time and crackers abuse file systems and make files not common for
> majority of users, but accessible and allowable by the file system.
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> Recently by mistake in settings at users directory there was file '~'
> and I have deleted it with dired.
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> Today I have noticed that files with new file names cannot be flagged
> for deletion from their second line (after the new line), in fact
> Dired would flag wrongly the next file or directory for deletion.
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> Video is here:
> https://gnu.support/images/2020/11/2020-11-05/2020-11-05-13:25:31.ogv
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> Recommended reading:
> https://dwheeler.com/essays/fixing-unix-linux-filenames.html
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> In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 25, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo version 
> 1.14.8, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>  of 2020-11-01 built on protected.rcdrun.com
> Repository revision: 76d522e59ef03397e15d30bb3b4de3840c917e63
> Repository branch: master
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11907000
> System Description: Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre
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> Configured using:
>  'configure --prefix=/package/text/emacs-2020-11-01 --with-modules
>  --with-x-toolkit=lucid --with-modules --with-x-toolkit=lucid'
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> Configured features:
> XAW3D XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG CAIRO SOUND GPM DBUS GSETTINGS GLIB
> NOTIFY INOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE HARFBUZZ M17N_FLT LIBOTF
> ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS LUCID X11 XDBE XIM MODULES THREADS JSON
> PDUMPER LCMS2
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> Important settings:
>   value of $LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
>   value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
>   value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=exwm-xim
>   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
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> Major mode: Dired by name
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> Thanks,
> Jean Louis
> ⎔ λ 🄯 𝍄 𝌡 𝌚
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> Mutt/+ (1036f0e) (2020-10-18)
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> * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2020-11-05 17:27]:
> > > Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:00:21 +0300
> > > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
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> > > Today I have noticed that files with new file names cannot be flagged
> > > for deletion from their second line (after the new line), in fact
> > > Dired would flag wrongly the next file or directory for deletion.
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> > You mean, files whose names include a newline? to have them handled
> > in Dired, you need to add -b to the ls switches.  (NO, we don't want
> > to do that by default.)
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> I rely on Dired to those not common files. Well that -b switch solves
> everything, thank you! I am closing it.
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