bug#11187: fmt: doesn't understand multibyte characters (UTF-8)

Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Mar 2026 12:49:44 -0800

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs
Organization	UCLA Computer Science Department
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On 2026-03-04 11:58, Dmitry E. Oboukhov wrote:

> If 'fmt' is a "useless program" that only exists because it's a
> "hassle to remove," then why is it still being shipped in 2025/2026

For backwards compability of course. Removing it would be more trouble 
than keeping it.

Bringing AIs into this is a red herring. If you're naively trusting a 
dumb AI to do your work, what do you expect?