On 7/8/07, Richard Lowe <richlowe at richlowe.net> wrote: > This (and the other, similar, message) appear to be resends of prior mail. > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/request-sponsor/2006-April/001200.html
Well spotted! I *thought* it looked rather familiar! (And lest anyone get distracted, integrated soon after.) > and > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/request-sponsor/2005-July/000756.html > > Chaos? confusion? Spam? Well, it's got me confused, at the least. I'm not sure what can be achieved by a straight cut-n-paste of old messages, with just the name changed. > hank wrote: > > I would like a sponsor to fix bug 6269516, along with 4858191 + > > 4430296. > > > > Details and diffs at http://www.petertribble.co.uk/Solaris/fixes/4/ > > > > Contributor Agreement OS0019 > > > > 1. 6269516 > > > > I've made the /usr/bin version accept -x, and the xpg4 version accept -d > > > > This affects the usage message, comments, and the manpage will need to > > be modified to suit. > > > > I've enabled -o support for the xpg4 version. This makes the usage > > message and the getopt statement identical, removing the need to check > > if XPG4 is defined. > > > > The differences in behaviour that still exist relate to the default > > behaviour of the -r flag, and the output format. > > > > (The bug report appears to have not been entirely cleansed of my old > > URL.) > > > > > > 2. 4858191 > > > > See also 4430296 > > > > Yes, I know it's closed, but it should be fixed. Linux and BSD support > > -m, and it's very useful as filesystems grow ever larger. > > > > (And no, -h isn't the answer - it produces scaled numbers which aren't > > the same thing, and which can't be processed numerically [possibly by > > tools which can't handle more than 32-bits worth].) > > > > So I've added the m flag to the comment, usage messages, getopt, and > > the output section gets an extra if. > > > > I've also turned off the m flag if -k is given, and vice-versa. (Should > > -h be handled in this manner too?) > > > > > > 3. Restructuring > > > > I've defined output formats to simplify the mess of ifdefs in the > > printsize() routine. > > > > Hank > > > > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > > request-sponsor mailing list > > request-sponsor at opensolaris.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > request-sponsor mailing list > request-sponsor at opensolaris.org > -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
