David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:01:10AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Secondly, why should we explicity carve out an exception for >> test -a and -o, rather than saying that the XSI extensions need be >> supported? The X/Open System Interface is the core application >> programming interface for C and sh programming for systems conforming >> to the Single UNIX Specification. > Don't forget ( ) in that case, they go hand in hand with -a and -o. Not in my experience, but I haven't tested for them in particular. On my system, I see one maintainer script using test -o, none using test -a, and none using test (). I currently see no need to require that test () be supported. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
