On 09/11/15 16:48, Jim Meyering wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com> wrote: >> On 09/11/15 16:02, Bernhard Voelker wrote: >>> On 11/09/2015 04:27 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >>>> I see on most GNU/Linux distros that kill(1) is >>>> provided by the shell or util-linux. >>>> Should we just remove it from coreutils? >>> >>> What about non-Linux systems, i.e., where util-linux is not >>> available? I personally don't have such a system, but I think >>> GNU software should not forget about such platforms. >> >> Absolutely. Though in this case the shells cater >> for kill(1), or the platform already provides it. > > Note that POSIX requires an 'exec'able kill program. > I.e., the shell-provided one is insufficient when you want to > invoke it via a program like xargs.
OK I'll assume for now that platforms might not have a separate kill program, and move it to disabled_by_default_progs. thanks, Pádraig.
