Here's a patch to mention a portability problems of 'od', that I noticed
during Gnulib work.
>From 4ab7b8f2cd39ee22c17cd8a7b3030d1082e3167d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 03:38:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Document another portability problem of 'od'.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Document that decimal output
is not portable.
---
doc/autoconf.texi | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index b1bd8be..e2b4b76 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -19782,6 +19782,24 @@ XSI options are those in @option{-bcdox}. The BSD
This problem no longer exists in Mac OS X 10.4.3.
+In Solaris 11 OpenIndiana and Solaris 11 OmniOS, @command{od} prints
+decimal byte values padded with zeroes rather than with spaces:
+
+@smallexample
+$ @kbd{printf '#!' | od -A n -t d1 -N 2}
+ 035 033
+@end smallexample
+
+@noindent
+instead of
+
+@smallexample
+$ @kbd{printf '#!' | od -A n -t d1 -N 2}
+ 35 33
+@end smallexample
+
+As a workaround, you can use octal output (option @code{-t o1}).
+
@item @command{rm}
@c ---------------
--
2.7.4
