Your message dated Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:12:50 +0100 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#858258: cal -M broken has caused the Debian Bug report #858258, regarding cal -M broken to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: bsdmainutils Version: 9.0.12 Severity: normal cal -M (to start the week on a Monday, as documented in the manpage) does not work anymore: | weasel@orinoco:~$ /usr/bin/cal -M | Usage: cal [general options] [-jy] [[month] year] | cal [general options] [-j] [-m month] [year] [..] In jessie, the following served as a workaround: | weasel@sarek:~$ /usr/bin/ncal -M -C | March 2017 | Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su | 1 2 3 4 5 [..] but now it no longer works either: | weasel@orinoco:~$ /usr/bin/ncal -M -C | Usage: cal [general options] [-jy] [[month] year] | cal [general options] [-j] [-m month] [year] [..] -- | .''`. ** Debian ** Peter Palfrader | : :' : The universal https://www.palfrader.org/ | `. `' Operating System | `- https://www.debian.org/
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--- Begin Message ---> cal -M (to start the week on a Monday, as documented in the manpage) > does > not work anymore: It is not supposed to work and should be documented that way, too. > In jessie, the following served as a workaround: > > > weasel@sarek:~$ /usr/bin/ncal -M -C Right, but this was a bug and should not have worked. The correct version is "ncal -M -b". The reason for this is that cal is supposed to mimic the original cal command, all new features should go into ncal. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org Jabber: michael at xmpp dot meskes dot org VfL Borussia! Força Barça! SF 49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux, PostgreSQL
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