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

[Pádraig Brady]

On 25/06/18 04:25, Carlos Santos wrote:
>> 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.

lol No I meant that scripts using -s on the newest systems,
would fail if used on fedora 28, centos 7, ...
Not a huge concern, but worth considering.