[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
I added the following alias in my .bashrc alias cal='ncal -bM' Thank you apsaras. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
The same applies for the option -w (number of weeks) These two commands work correctly: ncal -w cal -N -w This one does not: cal -w there should be a warning in manual, that the option -w applies only for ncal variation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
apsaras, what you are seeing is the regression documented in bug 939772. :-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
A workaround is to use 'ncal -bM'. (Or even 'ncal -b' works on my system.) I think what is confusing (apart from having two different commands for the same thing) is that cal used to have different behaviour. E.g., in Ubuntu 10.04, cal always started the week with Monday. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
Yes, it's very inconvenient that good old 'cal -m' or 'cal -3m' doesn't work in Ubuntu. Are any workarounds e.g. to get sources (where?) and compile right version of cal which support -m or -M option? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
xintx-ua: I don't know why it uses the cal from bsdmainutil's rather than util-linux; but it seems pretty arbitrary. The version in util-linux appears to be a different piece of berkeley licensed code, but given that there is precisely nothing Linux specific about cal or even vaguely systemy, I can't see why cal is in util-linux anyway. Dave -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
In fact it's really not there. I found that fact on some old page. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
Why does Ubuntu uses FreeBSD variant of cal while Linux variant of cal actually has the option -m for mondays? (AFAIU it should be in the util-linux package but it's not). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
Agreed, it's only the documentation that's misleading WRT -M not working for old cal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
Yes but both cal -M and ncal -M works perfectly in cygwin (I'm almost sure, I can check this later). So I think this is problem in code, not in manpage. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
Hi Ivan, Hmm this is a bit complicated; there are two things going on - and I'm not sure which cygwin do: 1) bsdmainutils uses an oldschool Unix trick to use the same binary for cal and ncal; it decides what to do based on the name of the binary that it was run as; I'm not sure if cygwin does the same thing or not. Now, if it's run as 'cal' it sets a backwards compatibility flag. 2) The -M option doesn't seem to be in the bsdmainutils by default, but it comes from a patch in the debian package (ncal_mfdow.diff) and it has the code: + case 'M': + if (flag_backward) + usage(); + weekstart = 1; + break; So the intention there is pretty clear it wants that when in backward compatibility mode it wants to tell you M isn't supported. So, not sure what cygwin uses. Dave -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 908233] Re: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work
My reading is that the manpage isn't that clear about the fact that some options only work on ncal, not cal. The top of the man page does show that in the set of options (the same as the usage) - but it's hardly obvious, so it seems fair that the manpage could do with making it clearer. ** Changed in: bsdmainutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: bsdmainutils (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908233 Title: cal -M (start week on Monday) don't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/908233/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
