Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> \ The filename pointed to by the symlink does not end in a newline >> >> While I do not think it would break anybody, I doubt it would give >> us much value. One line above that output is a line that any user, >> who is vaguely familiar with the contents being compared, can >> recognize as giving a pathname, the contents of the symbolic link. > > Clearly it confused the initial reporter upthread :) But to such a user, I highly suspect that the rephased message above still looks like a warning, and will result in the same reaction. IOW, you want to explain why "does not end in a newline" is worth expressing in the output. Saying "does not end in a newline" alone would tell the user what they already know (i.e. the symlink stores the target filename without an extra LF at the end).
