From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:07:04 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: (dired-listing-switches): "ls -b" breaks dired - document this
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(dired-listing-switches): "ls -b" breaks dired - document this
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diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index d26e7004cc3..64f30ee2cd6 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 ;;;###autoload
 (defcustom dired-listing-switches (purecopy "-al")
   "Switches passed to `ls' for Dired.  MUST contain the `l' option.
-May contain all other options that don't contradict `-l';
-may contain even `F', `b', `i' and `s'.  See also the variable
+May contain all other options that don't contradict `-l' except for `b';
+may contain even `F', `i' and `s'.  See also the variable
 `dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks' concerning the `F' switch.
 On systems such as MS-DOS and MS-Windows, which use `ls' emulation in Lisp,
 some of the `ls' switches are not supported; see the doc string of