>For example, ls recently got -% option. This seems to work for >/usr/bin/ls, /usr/xpg4/bin/ls, and /usr/xpg6/bin/ls. so, that's good! >albeit a little surprising.
There's only one source file. So if you add an option you'll add it to all of them. >But if /usr/xpg6/bin/ls came first in PATH, it would make sense to >save effort by adding the -% to the newest ls only. Scripts which >rely on some bug in older ls, will not know about -% all for viewing >ZFS ctime, and not benefit from it. > >I imagine some broken scripts hardcoded the full path to /usr/bin/ls >which some from the Solaris tent took to mean that /usr/bin/ls can >never do anything more than what those ancient scripts expect. This >is bogus! COMPAT environments belong in a zone. Alternatively, just >let the script break. Adding a new option is fine; changing the output is not. Casper _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
