Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 to be able to use forms like "head -5".
With coreutils 5.92, you don't need _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 in your environment to use "head -5". "head -5" now has the traditional meaning regardless of _POSIX2_VERSION's value. This change came about becase of clarifications to the standard issued January 2005 by the Austin Group. Please see the NEWS file for details. You may still need to set _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 if you are running older coreutils versions. > Also, the following code (considering a boolean as an integer value) > is at least dirty if not buggy: It's not a bug. This sounds like a mere style issue. C has well-defined behavior here, and that code operates correctly as far as I can see. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
