md5sum standard input requires two EOF

[email protected] (Ian! D. Allen [NCFreeNet])
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.textutils.bugs
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md5sum requires me to type my EOF character twice before it generates
output.  This is probably a bug - programs should not be reading input
after the first EOF.

$ uname -a
Linux elm 2.4.18-8.1mdk #5 Sat Jul 20 15:56:43 EDT 2002 i686 unknown

$ md5sum --version
md5sum (textutils) 2.0.17
Written by Ulrich Drepper and Scott Miller.

Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

$ md5sum
standard input requires *two* EOF indications to work
^D
^D    <=== This should not be necessary =====================
6b64dc1b8d1d58e87c129901ee503261  -

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