On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 08:36:51PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote: > > Echo -n (#48247) > > * Under discussion. > > * Proposed by Raul Miller; seconded by Joseph Carter. > > * Amend policy to say /bin/sh must be a POSIX shell, but with the > > addition that "echo -n" must not generate a newline. > This needs more seconds. We already do require -n, we just don't say we > do. Since this proposal documents existing behavior, it probably should > get into policy. Does nobody else agree with me?
LSB will be mandating this, so if we want to be LSB compliant, we'll do it. Adding it to -policy seems a bit redundant. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG encrypted mail preferred. ``The thing is: trying to be too generic is EVIL. It's stupid, it results in slower code, and it results in more bugs.'' -- Linus Torvalds
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