Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> There's no rush. Let's wait until the standard is formally changed or >> corrected, as I imagine it will be. > > There is a rush.
Not really. The code has had its current form since February 2002. So any problem has been out in the field for 2.5 years, and portable applications therefore have to deal with this compatibility issue anyway, regardless of whether the behavior is changed now or a month from now. I've been unavailable for a while and haven't had time to review all the developments in my absence, much less construct a response. However, my quick reaction is that I expect I'll have to file one or two more interpretation requests and await some responses to clear up the current mess. In the meantime there's no need to rush into changing the behavior of coreutils. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
