Hi Rocky, On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 07:38:51AM -0400, R. Bernstein wrote: > I'll try to check things out on my own as well, but does anyone have > an comments on using: > > "head -n 196 config.h" versus "head -196 config.h"?
SUSv3 mentions the -n syntax, I'd guess it's a good choice for portability. > See: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=13073 > > What's odd is that I use coreutils-5.2.1 same as the person in the bug > report and don't recall such a message. But also I'm interested in > other non-GNU head's and whether they support either of the option > forms above. Some distributions (eg. Debian) build coreutils with a different and lower value for _POSIX2_VERSION that makes the warning go away. That might explain the difference you are seeing. cheers, Max BTW, sorry that I haven't replied to your message on cdtool-devel yet, I've been swamped with other work. Will get to it soon, promised :) _______________________________________________ Libcdio-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libcdio-devel
