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diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index 722c98b80..2c47bc371 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -388,7 +388,12 @@ character, it skips over the ASCII SO and handles the following bytes as a UTF-8 character. Thus, the filename is symmetrically converted back to UTF-16 and you can access the file.</para> -<para>Again, by using UTF-8 you can avoid this problem entirely.</para> +<note><para>Please be aware that this method is not entirely foolproof. +In some character set combinations it might not work for certain native +characters.</para> + +<para>Only by using the UTF-8 charset you can avoid this problem safely. +</para></note> </sect2> |