bug#65659: RFC: changing printf(1) behavior on %b

If compatibility with C is really that important, shouldn't we be fixing %c? Its current behaviour as a synonym for %.1s doesn't provide significant utility, and arguably differs from C's "take an int and output the corresponding single byte", not "take the first byte of a string and output that".

bug#79130: Change/feature requests chcon/chgrp/chmod/chown/touch

On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 at 07:51, Pádraig Brady wrote: > For consistency it probably makes sense for `chmod -h` to also > not follow a symlink given as --reference=. > I know mode bits are less supported on symlinks on various systems, > but for consistency it probably makes sense. > [and I wrote] >

bug#79130: Change/feature requests chcon/chgrp/chmod/chown/touch

I searched the archives and it appears there was a related discussion in bug#61720 , but that focused on aligning the documentation with the behaviour rather than the other way around. I've been using touch+chown+chmod+chcon with the --reference