Re: removal of kill?

[Pádraig Brady]

On 09/11/15 16:48, Jim Meyering wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 09/11/15 16:02, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>>> On 11/09/2015 04:27 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>>> I see on most GNU/Linux distros that kill(1) is
>>>> provided by the shell or util-linux.
>>>> Should we just remove it from coreutils?
>>>
>>> What about non-Linux systems, i.e., where util-linux is not
>>> available?  I personally don't have such a system, but I think
>>> GNU software should not forget about such platforms.
>>
>> Absolutely. Though in this case the shells cater
>> for kill(1), or the platform already provides it.
> 
> Note that POSIX requires an 'exec'able kill program.
> I.e., the shell-provided one is insufficient when you want to
> invoke it via a program like xargs.

OK I'll assume for now that platforms
might not have a separate kill program,
and move it to disabled_by_default_progs.

thanks,
Pádraig.