On 08/07/2012 05:48 PM, Måns Rullgård wrote: > Derek Buitenhuis <[email protected]> writes: > >> On 07/08/2012 11:19 AM, Måns Rullgård wrote: >>>> Perhaps this should be noted in general. I have run into lack of bc >>>>> while running fate on many Linux distros myself. >>> bc is part of a standard POSIX system. >> >> I seem to remember bc not actually being a part of the 'base' POSIX >> system, but a level higher, or something... > > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/bc.html > > The spec does not mention anything about it being optional. >
Some misguided people at ubuntu/debian/gentoo/nameit/no-I-do-not-know-who-started decided to drop bc from the base system to spare space. nothing relates to posix itself. lu - at least some keep killall. _______________________________________________ libav-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel
