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>>>>> On Tue, 21 Nov 2017, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> All paths specified in the Manifest file must consist of characters |
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> corresponding to valid UTF-8 code points excluding the NULL character |
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> (``U+0000``), the backwards slash (``\``) and characters classified |
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> as whitespace in the current version of the Unicode standard |
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> [#UNICODE]_. It is an error to use Manifest files in directories |
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> containing files whose names contain the disallowed characters. |
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> The forward slash (``/``) must be used as path separator. |
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In addition to whitespace, you should also exclude C0 controls (U+0000 |
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to U+001F), DEL (U+007F), and C1 controls (U+0080 to U+009F). |
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Rationale, these control characters can leave the user's terminal |
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in an unusable state when a package manager tries to output such a |
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filename in a message. As you reserve the backslash for a future |
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escape mechanism, this shouldn't be a too severe restriction. |
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Ulrich |
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