Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:32:37 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: walt <wsheets@sbcglobal.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A different light, perhaps. Message-ID: <20020924043237.GA20608@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3D8FDBC6.8030502@sbcglobal.net> References: <amohma$o1g$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> <3D8FDBC6.8030502@sbcglobal.net>
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--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:28:06PM -0700, walt wrote: > In an attempt to understand this black magic we practice every day > could I ask you to do two quick experiments for me? >=20 > 1. Type 'sort +1' at any command prompt. What do you see? >=20 > 2. cd /usr/src/lib/libncurses > make clean && make > What do you see? > [Warning: this may break your world on the next go-round.] As has been already explained, it's caused by sort using a newer value of the _POSIX2_VERSION directive during the buildworld, meaning "Use POSIX <version mumble> behaviour", where <version mumble> does not allow the 'sort +1' syntax. Kris --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9j+rkWry0BWjoQKURAnASAKDdjbmi9loHsoVUXV05H1SNaZLsAACcD0ty 8YlWQNhfr7Njc53VaeXMUBg= =cj6R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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