[IOn Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 01:40:33PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> This format is a better default, since it results in simpler usage,
> as you don't need to specify --tag on generation or -a on
> checking invocations. Also it's a more general format supporting
> mixed and length adjusted digests.
>
> @@ -4143,6 +4153,8 @@ indicating there was a failure.
> @item --tag
> @opindex --tag
> @cindex BSD output
> +Note this option is not supported by the @command{cksum} command,
> +as this is the default output format that it uses.
Shouldn't we still support the option, even if it is a no-op in the
common case, so that someone can do actions similar to:
alias mysum='cksum --untagged '
and then invoke 'mysum --tag' to turn it back on?
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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3266
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