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Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests
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Brian Dessent |
Subject: |
Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests |
Date: |
Tue, 02 May 2006 15:51:43 -0700 |
Andrew Pinski wrote:
> > I was lazy today and decided to use compare_tests. Guess what, it doesn't
> > work on recent coreutils/sort (i.e. the one on FC5).
> >
> > >From the texinfo doc:
> >
> > On older systems, `sort' supports an obsolete origin-zero syntax
> > `+POS1 [-POS2]' for specifying sort keys. This obsolete behavior can
> > be enabled or disabled with the `_POSIX2_VERSION' environment variable
> > (*note Standards conformance::), but portable scripts should avoid
> > commands whose behavior depends on this variable. For example, use
> > `sort ./+2' or `sort -k 3' rather than the ambiguous `sort +2'.
>
> This is the same problem as tail and head. Someone should tell Coreutils
> that again they broking stuff that should work no matter what environment
> variable is set.
>
> Also Redhat (and all other distros) should think about bycotting GNU
> Coreutils until they fix this bug.
Coreutils is just implementing the decisions of the Austin Common
Standards Revision Group.
If someone posted here that e.g. g++ rejected code that was not valid
C++0x the response would be exactly the same, "fix your code" not "g++
is buggy for not accepting this broken code and should be boycotted."
Brian
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests,
Brian Dessent <=
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Andrew Pinski, 2006/05/02
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Zack Weinberg, 2006/05/03
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Paul Eggert, 2006/05/03
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Mike Stump, 2006/05/24
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Andrew Pinski, 2006/05/24
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Daniel Jacobowitz, 2006/05/24
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Paul Eggert, 2006/05/25
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Andrew Pinski, 2006/05/25
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Paul Eggert, 2006/05/26
- Re: patch: contrib/compare_tests, Andrew Pinski, 2006/05/26