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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:11:51 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: please test: coreutils-5.90-1
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On Oct  1 21:34, Eric Blake wrote:
> I've uploaded a test version of coreutils, 5.90-1.  [...]
>   cat's --binary or -B option has been removed.  It existed only on
>   MS-DOS-like platforms, and didn't work as documented there.

How is that supposed to work in future?  Cat is a texttool so it
seems not to be safe to let the --binary option go.


Corinna

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