Re: list of portable tools

[Paul Eggert]

address@hidden (Karl Berry) writes:

> Is there any modern (or even not-so-modern) system that does not provide
> fold and cut?

It's not just a question of whether it provides fold and cut.  It's a
question of whether it provides versions that are reliable enough for
our purposes (which include long lines, which means that in the POSIX
sense the files are not text files).  It's not clear to me that the
answer is yes.  One way to find out is to have one package (libtool,
say?) try it and see.