On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 01:00:07AM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > Package: manpages-posix > Version: 2.16-1 > Severity: normal > > As explained here: > > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html > > these operators are deprecated in POSIX 2008. They were only ever XSI > extensions. These facts are worth mentioning (in the context of > discouraging their use) in test(1posix). These features are already > discussed under "Application Usage" in the context of portability; I > suggest strengthening the wording to recommend against their use: > simply say "deprecated, do not use, write this instead" and also > nothing that they are deprecated where each feature is documented > higher up the page. > > I'd be happy to prepare a patch if you like, in which case please > point me at the definitive source. >
As you could know, the manpages cannot be altered by license (which is the reason to have them in non-free) so better submitting the issue upstream and wait ages for a possible update. Unfortunately this is not an easy process, because POSIX is an IEEE standard. GNU/Linux distribution can include POSIX manpages by courtesy of the IEEE association as explained in http://lwn.net/Articles/69226/ AFAIK the most open forum for possible revisions is located here: http://www.opengroup.org/austin/lists.html where you or anyone else can submit possible fixes for contents. -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
