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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-02-11 14:13:30 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-02-11 14:13:30 +0000
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Changes in release 2.1
+[2.0.21]
+* The following obsolete usages are no longer supported on systems conforming
+ to POSIX 1003.1-2001, which prohibits most digit-string options:
+ expand -N (instead, use expand -t N)
+ head -N (instead, use head -c N or head -n N)
+ fold -N (instead, use fold -w N)
+ split -N (instead, use split -l N)
+ tail -N (instead, use tail -c N or tail -n N)
+ unexpand -N (instead, use unexpand --first-only -t N)
+ uniq -N (instead, use uniq -f N)
+ The following obsolete usages (options without arguments) are no
+ longer supported on systems conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001, which
+ prohibits most options with optional arguments:
+ od -s (instead, use od --strings)
+ od -w (instead, use od --width)
+ pr -S (instead, use pr --sep-string)
[2.0.20]
* tr no longer gets failed a assertion for [==] or [::]
* The following obsolete usages are no longer supported on systems conforming
- to POSIX 1003.1-2001:
- - sort +POS1 -POS2 (Use sort -k instead.)
- - tail +N (Use tail -n instead.)
- - uniq +N (Use uniq -s instead.)
+ to POSIX 1003.1-2001, which prohibits most options with leading "+":
+ sort +POS1 -POS2 (instead, use sort -k)
+ tail +N (instead, use tail -c +N or tail -n +N)
+ uniq +N (instead, use uniq -s N)
+* Warnings are issued for obsolete usages on older hosts,
+ unless POSIXLY_CORRECT is set in the environment.
* sort -m no longer segfaults when given an empty file
* sort -S now accepts 'K' as a synonym for 'k'.
* wc recognizes all locale-defined white-space characters, not just those