On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 02:42:58PM -0500, Paul Jarc wrote:
> Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> /* If there is no colon, then see if there's a `.'. */
> >> - if (separator == NULL && posix2_version () < 200112)
> >> + if (separator == NULL && (posix2_version () < 200112 ||
> >> + !getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT")))
> >
> > Please consider using a different environment variable.
> > Setting POSIXLY_CORRECT should not make an otherwise-POSIX-conforming
> > program like GNU chown *non*conforming.
>
> Setting the variable would mean that "." *wouldn't* be recognized,
> AFAICT. If it's *not* set, then "." is considered as a separator.Precisely -- this is what I tried to say in words, and then with the code. :-) The intent is to make 'POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 chown ...' behave as in unpatched coreutils-5.2.0. Tim. */
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