On 29/10/10 22:04, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 10/29/10 13:12, Michael Warnock wrote: >> sort +8 > > The command "_POSIX2_VERSION=0 sort --debug +8" says: > > sort: obsolescent key `+8' used; consider `-k 9' instead > > which is good advice. Hmm, maybe we should change --debug > so that it also outputs this advice when _POSIX2_VERSION > is not set to a low value?
Yep, good call. That's easy to do ... - if (obsolete_usage) + if (obsolete_usage || debug) I think we should as in the unlikely case one is debugging with a file starting with +, then one can/should protect it with -- cheers, Pádraig.
