On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 00:09, Paul Jarc wrote: > Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---------------- begin quote --------------- > > XBD ERN 16 Utilities that have extensions violating the Utility Syntax > > Guidelines Accept as marked. > > > > It was agreed that an interpretation be made , that the standard > > is clear and no change is required. The standard permits > > implementations to have extensions that violate the Utility > > Syntax Guidelines so long as when the utility is used in > > line with the forms defined by the standard that it follows > > the Utility Syntax Guidelines. Thus head --42 file > > and ls --help are permitted as extensions. > > ---------------- end quote ----------------- > > This doesn't mean what you think it means. Note that it allows --42 > (which is no help, since old code doesn't use that), not -42.
I'm told that the minutes have been corrected now. POSIX would have no value as a standard if it actively prohibited common traditional behaviors. You need to keep this in mind when reading the standard. If something looks insane, you're most likely not reading it right. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
