Re: [PATCH] Use O_BINARY to detect whether to pass "rb" to popen

Bruce Korb <[email protected]> Fri, 29 May 2015 16:45:42 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.utils.bugs
Organization FSF
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 05/29/15 14:19, Filipe Brandenburger wrote:
> Hi Bruce!
>
> Just curious if you're planning to release a new sharutils package
> containing this patch...
>
> I saw you committed a NEWS entry with 4.15.2:
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/sharutils.git/commit/?id=04b4f557b5bc0e8864f0246c72810543d5d82f51
>
> On the other hand, there's no v4.15.2 git tag and no new package in the FTP:
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/
>
> No rush... Just want to check whether that's in the plans and might
> have just been overlooked...

Not overlooked, just not "high priority". :)
The problem is well understood and the affected parties have workarounds, so nobody is in a box.
"soon".  Thanks!