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Date:      Wed, 25 Sep 2002 01:08:24 +0400
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>
Cc:        peter@wemm.org, tjr@FreeBSD.ORG, sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, phk@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Who broke sort(1) ?
Message-ID:  <20020924210822.GA61277@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <200209242059.NAA26625@windsor.research.att.com>
References:  <200209242043.NAA26380@windsor.research.att.com> <20020924205250.GC60957@nagual.pp.ru> <200209242059.NAA26625@windsor.research.att.com>

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 13:59:02 -0700, Bill Fenner wrote:
> 
> >Please, no. They do the right thing.
> 
> I guess there are varying definitions of what the right thing is.

I mean just:
1) We all agree targeting POSIX, so POSIX conformance is the right thing.
2) If we use _POSIX2_VERSION 2001* in our headers, we target this POSIX
level where +N is clearly dropped (and was as 'depricated' long time).

> I don't think it's widely known that the +/- syntax was obsoleted.

It was known about 10 years, but not widely.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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