Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:33:06 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Oleg Moskalenko <oleg.moskalenko@citrix.com> Cc: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CFT: new BSD-licensed sort available Message-ID: <44pqc9vs99.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <031222CBCF33214AB2EB4ABA279428A30107B5E9D2AB@SJCPMAILBOX01.citrite.net> (Oleg Moskalenko's message of "Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:50:08 -0700") References: <4F60C059.7060904@FreeBSD.org> <44pqcd8yhd.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <CADLo83_r3SgYj6apifN6NTCwZ-ApYbLkyMOS5zcCmTFst_Vcow@mail.gmail.com> <4462e46ul7.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <031222CBCF33214AB2EB4ABA279428A30107B5E9D2AB@SJCPMAILBOX01.citrite.net>
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Oleg Moskalenko <oleg.moskalenko@citrix.com> writes:
> Yes, indeed, there was an old sort syntax, where they supported it in a form "+POS1 -POS2". It is a non-POSIX obsolete syntax, so we did not implement it in the new BSD sort. I can add it, if necessary.
If anyone asked for my opinion, I'd say that I'd prefer to see this
syntax stamped out instead; it's unnecessary, confusing, and has been
considered obsolete for decades. A quick look over my workstation's
filesystems shows just a few uses: in texconfig, libtool, something in
X11/config, maybe a handful more.
I'm not sure what the best answer is in practice, but I'm willing to
spend some of my time working on it if that helps.
Be well.
Lowell
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