Bug#1037275: dd: regression - posix expression syntax no longer supported

2023-06-11 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 11/06/2023 18:29, Jim Meyering wrote: Thanks. The patch looks fine. My only suggestion would be a stylistic one, to change the ">" comparison to be the equivalent "<" one, i.e., change this: + && *suffix == 'B' && (suffix > str && suffix[-1] != 'B')) to this (also dropping the unnecessa

Bug#1037275: dd: regression - posix expression syntax no longer supported

2023-06-11 Thread Jim Meyering
On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 6:50 AM Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 10/06/2023 02:45, Marc Lehmann wrote: > > Package: coreutils > > Version: 9.1-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > I have a script that was used for some decades on multiple > > unices. Beginning with bookworm, it stopped

Bug#1037275: dd: regression - posix expression syntax no longer supported

2023-06-10 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 10/06/2023 02:45, Marc Lehmann wrote: Package: coreutils Version: 9.1-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I have a script that was used for some decades on multiple unices. Beginning with bookworm, it stopped working because dd no longer understands POSIX expression syntax for bs=: $ dd

Bug#1037275: dd: regression - posix expression syntax no longer supported

2023-06-09 Thread Marc Lehmann
Package: coreutils Version: 9.1-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I have a script that was used for some decades on multiple unices. Beginning with bookworm, it stopped working because dd no longer understands POSIX expression syntax for bs=: $ dd if=... bs=1024x1024x32 dd: invalid numbe