Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:30:33 GMT From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/expr expr.1 expr.y src/include unistd.h src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc check_utility_compat.3 check_utility_compat.c Message-ID: <200210281930.g9SJUXWq073064@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: <200210281920.g9SJKZib041749@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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> From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> > Date: Mon 28 Oct, 2002 > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/expr expr.1 expr.y src/include unistd.h src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc check_utility_compat.3 check_utility_compat.c > <<On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:18:06 GMT, Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> said: > > It is sometimes *necessary* to use pre-POSIX behaviour to gain maximum > > portability. > > It is *never* necessary to do so in the case of expr(1). I didn't claim it was. All my future scripts will avoid leading hyphens in the first argument, that's for sure! Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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