[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#7042: closed (df --help does not show `-m' option)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: df --help does not show `-m' option Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:59:28 +0200 User-agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-12-10)

Hello,

I found `df' utility from coreutils-8.5 does not describe `-m' option that is
mentioned in info page and the program accepts it.

-- Petr

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> On 16/09/10 12:59, Petr Pisar wrote:
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> > I found `df' utility from coreutils-8.5 does not describe `-m' option that is
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> > -- Petr
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> -m was deprecated in 2001
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commit;h=d1772031
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> It is not mentioned in the info page as far as I can see
> It's not specified by POSIX
> It's not used in solaris
> It _is_ used in FreeBSD
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> So this is much the same argument as supporting `dd bs=1m`
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2010-09/msg00028.html
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> Also there was a previous request for `df -g` and `du -g`
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-12/msg00000.html
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> The only reason one would support these is for compat with FreeBSD,
> and if we did, we wouldn't want to promote their use through documentation.
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> cheers,
> Pádraig.
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