From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 24 20: 0:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4449237B404 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:00:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hun.org (hun.org [216.190.27.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A074943E6E for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:00:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from attila@hun.org) Received: by hun.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6239D664FB; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:06:45 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:06:45 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <20020925000645.C1nI14141@hun.org> From: attila! X-Mailer: AttilaMail with XEmacs & Postfix on FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-Ballistic: N 37.218497 W 113.614979 X-No-Archive: yes References: <20020924210822.GA61277@nagual.pp.ru> <200209242059.NAA26625@windsor.research.att.com> <200209242043.NAA26380@windsor.research.att.com> <20020924205250.GC60957@nagual.pp.ru> <200209242059.NAA26625@windsor.research.att.com> To: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Subject: Re: Who broke sort(1) ? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name="" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG _POSIX_VERSION=199209 fixes the scripts I checked, particularly entropy and the periodics. although all of these hung in perl, perl was not at fault. I don't mind using the 'fix' to restore the old behavior; it takes care of the immediate problem. However, I do object to GNU's heavy handed removal of a flag which is in extensive use. I don't have a problem with the new syntax, but leave the old one intact -k, --key=POS1[,POS2] start a key at POS1, end it at POS 2 does not specify whether or not multiple declarations can be used --the info page is the same as the manpage. Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but it sure beats insanity. Whose bright idea was the flag change? Microsoft? They change everything with every version, sort of like NTSC -- Never Twice Same Color. -- I don't need your attitude. I have one of my own. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message