Rudmer van Dijk wrote: > head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' > Try `head --help' for more information. > > and tail seems to do the same thing... > this is very annoying since it breaks a lot of scripts, including > configure scripts to build packages...
...like the Zetagrid client. Glad someone else finds this worth talking about, too. I've been shaking my head in disbelief ever since I first saw the error message. > why is this obsoleted? Because SCO owns a trademark on `-[0-9]`? Some GNU kid on the block wants to try making all traces of Unix heritage disappear from Linux? Sudden attack of braindeadness? Valid question, I'd love to know the answer. Cheers Ulrich Plate
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