Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> It's starting to look like the cost/benefit ratio is too high, >> so I don't expect to spend time on this. >> However, if someone can propose a portable and reliable test >> for that attribute, I'll be happy to consider it. > > How about adding a configure option to set the expected group? The > default could just be "tty" since it's the right one for the vast > majority of systems, but allows to override it if necessary.
That would work on systems with a designated TTY group name. What about those older SYSV-derived systems where stat --format %G $(tty) prints the primary group of the user running who? I don't know enough about how write/who/mesg work on those systems (maybe write is set-*U*ID, not set-GID?), but patches are always welcome. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
