Re: [PATCH] md5sum,b2sum,sha*sum: support -s option

[Carlos Santos]

> From: "Pádraig Brady" <address@hidden>
> To: "DATACOM" <address@hidden>
> Cc: "Coreutils" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 1:17:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] md5sum,b2sum,sha*sum: support -s option
[...]
> -s was removed a long time ago
> https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=FILEUTILS-3_12a-7-g7823351
> 
> One disadvantage of adding it back is that scripts written say on Fedora 29
> could then fail if ported elsewhere.

Considering that it was removed in 1995, "elsewhere" would mean an OS
from 23 years ago. That's an unlikely situation unless you own a DMC-12
equipped with a flux capacitor.

> Now we did recently add -w, so adding -s would make busybox
> a strict subset of coreutils, which would be desirable.

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Carlos Santos (Casantos) - DATACOM, P&D
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