A NOTE has been added to this issue. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1861 ====================================================================== Reported By: stephane Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: 1003.1(2024)/Issue8 Issue ID: 1861 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Error Severity: Objection Priority: normal Status: New Name: Stephane Chazelas Organization: User Reference: Section: xargs utility Page Number: 3601 Line Number: 123207-123214 Interp Status: --- Final Accepted Text: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2024-10-11 12:32 UTC Last Modified: 2024-10-14 16:13 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: xargs -L broken by https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=243 resolution ======================================================================
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (0006916) geoffclare (manager) - 2024-10-14 16:13 https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1861#c6916 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For the record, AFAIK, -L is a POSIX invention. To set the record straight, I'll point out that -L is marked XSI. It found its way into POSIX from SUSv2 when POSIX.1, POSIX.2, and SUS were merged to form POSIX.1-2001 / SUSv3. It first appeared in XPG4. XPG3 had -l and no -L; XPG4 marked -l obsolescent and added -L. Obviously this change was influenced by POSIX.2's utility syntax guidelines (the XPG alignment with POSIX.2 happened between XPG3 and XPG4), but that's not the same as -L being "a POSIX invention". > The 2018 text closely resembles that of the SunOS man page from the 80s. Most likely the SunOS man page text and the XPG3 text were both based on the wording for -l in SVID. Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane New Issue 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane Name => Stephane Chazelas 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane Section => xargs utility 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane Page Number => 3601 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane Line Number => 123207-123214 2024-10-11 16:28 stephane Note Added: 0006913 2024-10-12 05:57 stephane Note Added: 0006914 2024-10-14 16:13 geoffclare Note Added: 0006916 ======================================================================
