Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 23:08:35 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: bakul@bitblocks.com Cc: peter@wemm.org, ache@nagual.pp.ru, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, julian@elischer.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libncurses Makefile Message-ID: <20020924.230835.65701998.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200209242140.RAA14789@marlborough.cnchost.com> References: <20020924212009.77BDF2A7D6@canning.wemm.org> <200209242140.RAA14789@marlborough.cnchost.com>
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Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> writes:
: > Turn off the silly feature in sort(1) the first place. Let people request
: > it by setting _POSIX2_VERSION=200112 if they want to sort a filename that
: > begins with a +. Or, use 'sort ./+file' like they would already have to
: > do for just about every other unix OS on the planet.
:
: Not that you need support but I have to chime up and say I
: agree entirely.
:
: Backward compatibility trumps standard compliance.
:
: Standards fundamentalism may be good for one's soul but bad
: in real life -- too many innocent programs die:-)
:
: <flame-suit on>
I personally think that the + syntax should be disabled only if
_POSIX_ME_HARDER was defined in the environment.
Warner
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