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bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:47:47 +0200 |
Jim Meyering wrote:
> Reuben Thomas wrote:
>
>> I attach a patch which makes simpler changes than those I suggested
>> before. In particular, for the man page I just replaced "` '" with
>> "space" because I can't see a way to put a non-breaking space into
>> help text which will then also work in the man page after going
>> through help2man (perhaps a Unicode non-breaking space would work, but
>> it doesn't seem sensible to try!).
>>
>>>From bd0ed380c7050a1b55fca71da075fd9853442b1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Reuben Thomas <address@hidden>
>> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:05:17 +0100
>> Subject: [PATCH] md5sum: clarify what is meant by binary/text flag.
>>
>> src/md5sum.c: Clarify that we are talking about input mode.
>> doc/coreutils.texi: Ditto.
>
> Thanks.
> I've applied that with the log adjusted to conform:
>
> doc: clarify what is meant by md5sum's binary/text flag
>
> * src/md5sum.c (usage): Clarify that we are talking about input mode.
> * doc/coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): Ditto.
Rats.
I made those changes in a COMMIT_EDITMSG buffer editor,
and then wrote the above reply. Then I pushed your commit,
but without realizing I had never actually amended the commit.
My editor buffer was still there (just buried).
Looks like I need a local pre-push hook that would check
for a pending operation like that.
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, (continued)
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Eric Blake, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Jim Meyering, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, RĂ¼diger Meier, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Alan Curry, 2011/09/17
- bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, RĂ¼diger Meier, 2011/09/17
bug#9531: md5sum: confusing documentation for file type output, Jim Meyering, 2011/09/17