Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As said by the POSIX FAQ Q15, POSIX does not disallow this form:
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html
Yes, and coreutils CVS was updated about the same time that FAQ Q15
was written -- it was all part of the same process of clarif
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Blake) wrote:
> There have been quite a few changes since 5.3.0 in January.
> Is it time to make a 5.3.1 release, so we can point people
> to a release instead of CVS?
Yes. I'm planning to make a test release very soon.
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>
> The POSIX spec is a moving target.
> This has been fixed in the latest sources (available via cvs).
There have been quite a few changes since 5.3.0 in January.
Is it time to make a 5.3.1 release, so we can point people
to a release instead of CVS?
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Eric Blake
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> dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200111 head -1 /dev/null
> dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null
> head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
> Try `head --help' for more information.
> zsh: exit 1 _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null
>
> I do not think this is a good idea to fai
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200111 head -1 /dev/null
> dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null
> head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
> Try `head --help' for more information.
> zsh: exit 1 _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null
>
>
dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200111 head -1 /dev/null
dixsept:~> _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null
head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `head --help' for more information.
zsh: exit 1 _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 head -1 /dev/null
I do not think this is a good idea to fail on the old f
