[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Work around BSD `join` bug
|
From: |
Paul Eggert |
|
Subject: |
Re: Work around BSD `join` bug |
|
Date: |
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:48:53 -0800 |
|
User-agent: |
Mozilla Thunderbird |
On 1/10/24 13:58, Bruno Haible wrote:
- POSIX violation or not? Is it valid to pass lines with missing fields
to 'join', according to POSIX [1]?
It should be valid, yes. POSIX 'join' defers to POSIX 'sort' for the
definition of fields, and POSIX 'sort' says missing fields should be
treated as empty.
Then, would it make sense to document it in the GNU Autoconf manual? [2]
Sure, I installed the attached patch to the Autoconf manual.
0001-doc-mention-join-bug.patch
Description: Text Data