Benny Lofgren <bl-li...@lofgren.biz> wrote: > - Since expr previously ignored switches altogether, strings starting > with '-' will no longer be recognized as strings, but probably generate > a "usage:" error message instead. This can be circumvented by the -- > notation, and that particular form was actually supported before as > well. But still this might be a problem since there is a slim chance it > can break current shell scripts.
We are in ABI/API lock for the release, so folks please remember that this is not the time for base utilities to change their behavior. There are probably a zillion configure and build scripts in ports that use expr(1) and some might start behaving differently. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
