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bug#7305: sort command not working in version 5.5 as it did in 4.7
From: |
Pádraig Brady |
Subject: |
bug#7305: sort command not working in version 5.5 as it did in 4.7 |
Date: |
Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:47:22 +0100 |
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On 29/10/10 22:04, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 10/29/10 13:12, Michael Warnock wrote:
>> sort +8
>
> The command "_POSIX2_VERSION=0 sort --debug +8" says:
>
> sort: obsolescent key `+8' used; consider `-k 9' instead
>
> which is good advice. Hmm, maybe we should change --debug
> so that it also outputs this advice when _POSIX2_VERSION
> is not set to a low value?
Yep, good call. That's easy to do ...
- if (obsolete_usage)
+ if (obsolete_usage || debug)
I think we should as in the unlikely case one
is debugging with a file starting with +,
then one can/should protect it with --
cheers,
Pádraig.