The cal man page says it highlights unless -h is specified, but it turns out that only applies to ncal, not cal, since -h isn't in the Synopsis lines for plain cal, and cal -h is an error.
Highlighting was apparently turned off deliberately: see upstream https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=904839 with this diff: https://salsa.debian.org/meskes/bsdmainutils/-/blob/master/debian/patches/cal_highlight.diff but if I apt source ncal on Ubuntu 20.10, the source doesn't have debian/patches/cal_highlight.diff and if I build it with dpkg-buildpackage, it doesn't have the behavior: it highlights even if I make a symlink to it and call it as "cal". I guess the source I get via apt source isn't in sync with the source that's used to build the binaries I get with apt install? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1914555 Title: cal should report today To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/+bug/1914555/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
