One possible solution to the sort problem: * Continue to accept the old syntax for now, but add a warning message, something like: "Warning: sort +N is deprecated, use -k instead."
* After a year, drop support for the old syntax. After staring at warning messages for a year, few people will be able to claim ignorance. The messages will serve both to advertise the change and to flag those scripts that rely on the old syntax. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message