"Ian Murdock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean here. Are you talking about making -h the
> > > > > > default? I doubt that would be standards compliant..
> > > > >
> > > > > As I'll say till I'm blue in the face, I'm as obsessed with
> > > > > compatibility as anyone here. But I have to ask: What exactly
> > > > > would break if -h *were* the default behavior?
> > > >
> > > > As Joerg pointed out, that'd be POSIX compatibility...
> > >
> > > And that would break... what, exactly?
> >
> > If you do not understand this, please ask Don Cragun who is
> > Sun's POSIX person.
> >
> > Sun did validate Solaris for UNIX-03 compatibiltiy. This isw what makes
> > it easier to move from one OS to another......breaking it is a bad idea.
>
> You still didn't answer my question. In essence, you're saying, "We can't
> do this because we can't do this."
You are still ignoring the answers you have been given.
In essense, you are saying that "I don't like standards and I don't care about
my customers code."
Jörg
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