David R.Morrison wrote: > As mentioned on the new "preparing for 10.5" page on the fink wiki, > echo -n is now deprecated in fink. I have edited the vast majority > of packages where this occurs to conform to the new version. Instead of > > echo -n "string" > > one should now write > > /bin/echo "string\c" > > (See "man echo".) This makes our use of echo POSIX compliant, and is > also compatible with current 10.4 usage.
Just to understand this completely: In the future, will /bin/echo also drop support for the -n flag? Is Apple moving away from BSD? Or does this concern only the shell builtins? -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
