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bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it
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Assaf Gordon |
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bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it |
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Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:09:15 -0600 |
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Hi Bernhard,
On 19/10/18 04:56 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 10/19/18 10:48 PM, Martin Schulte wrote:
The '-a FILE' primary is supported since "the beginning", and even the
POSIX spec mentions this unlucky thing:
[...]
I don't think we can remove that primary without breaking some scripts,
so it's probably best to document it.
The attached, proposed patch add documentation both in the man and
texinfo format.
Comments?
I just noticed this old bug:
https://bugs.gnu.org/15278
Where Eric notes that coreutils' unary -a is incorrect under some very
specific circumstances - perhaps it's worth mentioning that as well
(unless someone wants to fix it, though it's been 5 years...)
-assaf
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Martin Schulte, 2018/10/19
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Bernhard Voelker, 2018/10/19
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it,
Assaf Gordon <=
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Paul Eggert, 2018/10/20
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Martin Schulte, 2018/10/21
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Martin Schulte, 2018/10/21
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Bernhard Voelker, 2018/10/21
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Pádraig Brady, 2018/10/22
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Bernhard Voelker, 2018/10/22
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Assaf Gordon, 2018/10/22
- bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it, Bernhard Voelker, 2018/10/26