Er... aside from the broken patch problems, I mean.
:(
Once again, sorry about that.
--
Raul
--- xargs.c.orig 2017-10-13 14:13:16.000000000 -0400
+++ xargs.c 2017-10-13 15:16:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
static char **av, **bxp, **ep, **endxp, **xp;
static char *argp, *bbp, *ebp, *inpline, *p, *replstr;
static const char *eofstr;
-static int count, insingle, indouble, oflag, pflag, tflag, Rflag, rval, zflag;
+static int count, insingle, indouble, oflag, pflag, tflag, Rflag,
rval, zflag, lflag;
static int cnt, Iflag, jfound, Lflag, wasquoted, xflag, runeof = 1;
static int curprocs, maxprocs;
static size_t inpsize;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
nline -= strlen(*ep++) + 1 + sizeof(*ep);
}
maxprocs = 1;
- while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "0E:I:J:L:n:oP:pR:rs:tx")) != -1)
+ while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "0E:I:J:L:n:oP:pR:rs:tx/")) != -1)
switch (ch) {
case 'E':
eofstr = optarg;
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@
case '0':
zflag = 1;
break;
+ case '/':
+ lflag = 1;
+ break;
case '?':
default:
usage();
@@ -262,7 +265,7 @@
if (insingle || indouble)
goto addch;
hasblank = 1;
- if (zflag)
+ if (zflag || (lflag && '\n'!=ch))
goto addch;
goto arg2;
}
@@ -282,6 +285,8 @@
goto arg2;
goto addch;
case '\n':
+ if (lflag)
+ goto arg2;
hasblank = 1;
if (hadblank == 0)
count++;
@@ -360,19 +365,19 @@
wasquoted = 0;
break;
case '\'':
- if (indouble || zflag)
+ if (indouble || zflag || lflag)
goto addch;
insingle = !insingle;
wasquoted = 1;
break;
case '"':
- if (insingle || zflag)
+ if (insingle || zflag || lflag)
goto addch;
indouble = !indouble;
wasquoted = 1;
break;
case '\\':
- if (zflag)
+ if (zflag || lflag)
goto addch;
/* Backslash escapes anything, is escaped by quotes. */
if (!insingle && !indouble && (ch = getchar()) == EOF)
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I am curious - what new problems would this create?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Raul
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Theo de Raadt <dera...@openbsd.org> wrote:
>>> The problem here is that you currently can't get xargs to use newline
>>> as a separator without also getting spaces as a separator. This
>>> creates a variety of problems.
>>
>> But it creates lots of other problems when you propose an extension to
>> only one operating system's version of a utility.
>>
>> I think you've written a diff and now you are handwaving...
>>
