Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:17:14 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libncurses Makefile Message-ID: <20020925001714.GA21095@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200209242241.g8OMfWN0081106@dotar.thuvia.org> References: <mailpost.1032903222.79620@thuvia.demon.co.uk> <200209242241.g8OMfWN0081106@dotar.thuvia.org>
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On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 11:41:32PM +0100, Mark Valentine wrote: > > From: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu (Steve Kargl) > > Date: Tue 24 Sep, 2002 > > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libncurses Makefile > > > If we turn off posix in sort(1) to permit " sort +1", then > > should we add > > > > warnx("The sort +pos -pos syntax is deprecated."); > > > > to educate the masses. > > Not without a way to turn off the warning, as in "Yeah, I know my code's > older than some new fangled standard, but I ain't fixing it all right now > and I don't want the system whining at clients running existing releases of > my software; if I expected a leading + in file names in my scripts I've > already protected against it, thank you!". > We already have things in the system that whine at users if they persist in using them [e.g., gets(3) and tempnam(3)]. According to Garrett, the "new fangle standard" has a 9 year history, so you've had plenty of time to update your scripts. A warnx() statement would a be a proactive way to have users move into the next decade of computing without altering the sort +pos -pos behavior. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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