Re: Support for `tail -10', etc. even when conforming to POSIX.1-2001

2005-04-27 Thread Paul Eggert
Thanks for your review. Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm - if coreutils ever supplies renice, that would also be a candidate > for supporting obsolescent usages. Yes, I suppose so. > Also, the Austin group minutes mention that uniq could support '+' > as an option separator That is

Re: Support for `tail -10', etc. even when conforming to POSIX.1-2001

2005-04-27 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Paul Eggert on 4/26/2005 10:52 AM: > I installed this patch to coreutils to bring back support for commonly > used commands like "tail -10" even when conforming to POSIX.1-2001, as > a compatible extension to POSIX. There are still a few

Support for `tail -10', etc. even when conforming to POSIX.1-2001

2005-04-26 Thread Paul Eggert
I installed this patch to coreutils to bring back support for commonly used commands like "tail -10" even when conforming to POSIX.1-2001, as a compatible extension to POSIX. There are still a few remaining trouble spots (see the NEWS patch below) but most of the problems should be resolved to eve