Hi Jim, The bug was the sym link issue on the web site, since corrected.
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Jim Meyering <[email protected]> wrote: > If no one replies after a few days, it's best to presume > that your message requires more than casual feedback, and > that those inclined to provide feedback have not found time. Sorry. I was getting antsy because days were becoming weeks. > The number of conditions in the above description is a red flag. I didn't really like the maybe-its-a-number-maybe-a-file thingy either. I did it because someone asked me to make it more BSD compatible. I chose to then add that compatibility rather than go extra review rounds. Oh, well. The number of conditions was to avoid a "fmt 72" problem when there was a file named "72". BSD (and Plan9?) is less careful. > Adding a new goal-specifying option sounds fine, I'll strip down the patch. > IMHO, it is best not to emulate such an interface. Let's not get into vehement agreement on this and just agree to agree. > - the fmt patch is incomplete (no doc, news, tests) No news and no tests, but the doc was there. Cheers - Bruce
