Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:24:38 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who broke sort(1) ? Message-ID: <3D922996.5000902@acm.org>
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One possible solution to the sort problem: * Continue to accept the old syntax for now, but add a warning message, something like: "Warning: sort +N is deprecated, use -k instead." * After a year, drop support for the old syntax. After staring at warning messages for a year, few people will be able to claim ignorance. The messages will serve both to advertise the change and to flag those scripts that rely on the old syntax. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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