Re: [coreutils] Coreutils Solaris extensions

[Jim Meyering]

John Sonnenschein wrote:
>> Hard to say without knowing more... like how large
>> the changes are, how invasive, how mature.
>> We make an effort to avoid in-function #ifdefs,
>> and prefer cpp feature tests, rather than platform-testing ifdefs.
>> I hope there will be few "#ifdef sun" directives.
>>
>> It might be good to start by outlining one or two small, local
>> changes and let's go from there.
>
> Okay, great. Thanks for the replies.
>
> It may take a little while to get started but once we have something
> in place we'll keep in touch

In case it wasn't clear, please do outline your proposed changes
at the man page or --help level before you dive into coding.