[debbugs-tracker] bug#30963: closed (ls -fA -> still . and ..)

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> Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:27:28 -0600
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> $ mkdir foo
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> I rather expected this output to be empty. -f enables -a, fine, but it
> seems like the -A should override the -a, since it's specified after?
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> I guess it has nothing to do with -f in particular.
> \ls -aA also shows . and ..; maybe it shouldn't?
> Not sure, though ... --thanks, karl.
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On 03/27/2018 10:27 AM, Karl Berry wrote:

ls -aA also shows . and ..; maybe it shouldn't?

You're right, it shouldn't. This was a bug I introduced in 2004 and I think you're the first to report it (!). In my defense, it wasn't officially a bug until POSIX.1-2008 came out and specified that -a and -A should override each other. Anyway, thanks. I installed the attached patch.

0001-ls-A-now-overrides-a.patch
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