ari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My argument relates to IEEE Std 1003.1-2003.
Yes, I too am referring to that standard. In http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/head.html you noted the `should' in the `APPLICATION USAGE' section: The obsolescent - number form is withdrawn in this version. Applications should use the -n number option. Perhaps you didn't see the preceding line: The following sections are informative. in which `informative' is in contrast with `normative'. I'm not a standards lawyer, but I have the impression that when interpreting the standard, one must pay close attention to the wording in the normative (prescriptive) parts. The wording in non-normative (descriptive) sections doesn't define the standard. After 10 years of being merely `obsolescent', head -N has finally been officially declared to be `obsolete'. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
