> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 02:54:23PM +0100, Mario Lang wrote:
>> 
>> --- debian/rules.orig        2006-12-22 14:08:09.000000000 +0100
>> +++ debian/rules     2006-12-22 14:40:02.000000000 +0100
>> @@ -287,9 +287,9 @@
>>      if test -r      debian/$(THISPACKAGE)/DEBIAN/config ; then sh -e 
>> debian/config.augmenter debian/$(THISPACKAGE)/DEBIAN/config ; fi
>>  #   Rewrite README.Debian and add free or non-free statement.
>>  ifeq ($(DFSG),)
>> -    tail +2  debian/README.Debian.free | sed '[EMAIL 
>> PROTECTED]@!$(UPSTREAMSOURCE)!' > 
>> debian/$(THISPACKAGE)/usr/share/doc/$(THISPACKAGE)/README.Debian
>> +    tail -n +2  debian/README.Debian.free | sed '[EMAIL 
>> PROTECTED]@!$(UPSTREAMSOURCE)!' > 
>> debian/$(THISPACKAGE)/usr/share/doc/$(THISPACKAGE)/README.Debian
>>  else
>> -    tail +2  debian/README.Debian.nonfree | sed '[EMAIL 
>> PROTECTED]@!$(UPSTREAMSOURCE)!' > 
>> debian/$(THISPACKAGE)/usr/share/doc/$(THISPACKAGE)/README.Debian
>> +    tail -n +2  debian/README.Debian.nonfree | sed '[EMAIL 
>> PROTECTED]@!$(UPSTREAMSOURCE)!' > 
>> debian/$(THISPACKAGE)/usr/share/doc/$(THISPACKAGE)/README.Debian
>>  endif
>>      sed '[EMAIL PROTECTED]@!$(DEB_BUILD_CONFIGURE)!' < debian/README.Debian 
>>  >>      debian/$(THISPACKAGE)/usr/share/doc/$(THISPACKAGE)/README.Debian

Diego Biurrun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied:

> That's a GNUism.  'tail +2' is part of POSIX.  GNU tail has no business
> deprecating the syntax.

The coreutils changelog entry suggests the answer isn't that easy:

coreutils (5.96-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * The POSIX compatability level is now set to POSIX 1003.1-2001,
    which affects the syntax for several commands.  For transition
    purposes, "sort +number" and "tail +number" will be supported
    for the etch release. Note that these usages are deprecated, and
    will be removed in etch+1; the recommended usage is "sort -k number"
    and "tail -n +number". Also, "uniq +number" should be replaced with
    "uniq -s number" and "touch number filename" should be replaced with
    "touch -t number filename". To revert to the older syntax, set the
    environment variable _POSIX2_VERSION to "199209".

 -- Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  Sat, 27 May 2006 12:56:18 -0400

-- 
Regards,
      Mario Lang

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