Bug#539989: manpages-posix: test(1posix) should mention that -a -o ( and ) are XSI extensions and deprecated by POSIX 2008

2009-08-05 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 01:00:07AM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: Package: manpages-posix Version: 2.16-1 Severity: normal As explained here: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html these operators are deprecated in POSIX 2008. They were only ever XSI

Bug#539989: manpages-posix: test(1posix) should mention that -a -o ( and ) are XSI extensions and deprecated by POSIX 2008

2009-08-05 Thread Reuben Thomas
I wasn't aware that you couldn't alter things; as you can see, this is the third suggestion for change I have filed against this package. Please could you put the information you just told me in a message that is shown when you run reportbug, so that other users don't waste their time posting bug

Bug#539989: manpages-posix: test(1posix) should mention that -a -o ( and ) are XSI extensions and deprecated by POSIX 2008

2009-08-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
Package: manpages-posix Version: 2.16-1 Severity: normal As explained here: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html these operators are deprecated in POSIX 2008. They were only ever XSI extensions. These facts are worth mentioning (in the context of discouraging their