Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I'm beginning to think GNU dd should at least warn about >> the portability problem. > > Well, the POSIX spec is pretty clear, and the POSIX tradition is that > option order normally should not matter.
But here we're talking about options with related functionality. Many of those work in the last-one-specified-wins model (e.g., mv's -i and -f, and the -H -L -P options of the hierarchy traversing tools). > Note also that BSD dd > rejects usages like "dd ibs=10 bs=3" where coreutils 6.7 dd silently > conforms to POSIX. So I'd be inclined to go with the patch I already > submitted, and simply be compatible with Solaris (and I assume most > other SVR4 hosts). > > But if we do put in a warning, I'd say the warning should be disabled > if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, and that it should also warn about usages > like dd ibs=10 bs=3 that coreutils 6.7 dd accepts but BSD dd does not. Nonetheless, I've gone ahead and applied your patch. If someone feels strongly enough that a warning is worthwhile, they can write the patch :-) _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
