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Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB |
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Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:42:58 -0500 |
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Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>> /* If there is no colon, then see if there's a `.'. */
>> - if (separator == NULL && posix2_version () < 200112)
>> + if (separator == NULL && (posix2_version () < 200112 ||
>> + !getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT")))
>
> Please consider using a different environment variable.
> Setting POSIXLY_CORRECT should not make an otherwise-POSIX-conforming
> program like GNU chown *non*conforming.
Setting the variable would mean that "." *wouldn't* be recognized,
AFAICT. If it's *not* set, then "." is considered as a separator.
paul
- chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB, Tim Waugh, 2004/02/23
- Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB, Jim Meyering, 2004/02/23
- Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB, Tim Waugh, 2004/02/23
- Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB, Jim Meyering, 2004/02/23
- Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB,
Paul Jarc <=
- Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB, Tim Waugh, 2004/02/23
- Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB, Jim Meyering, 2004/02/23
- Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB, Paul Eggert, 2004/02/23