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| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 38b57ff58..2a8c6eb07 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -1411,8 +1411,8 @@ parse_obsolete_option (int argc, char * const *argv, uintmax_t *n_units) case '-': /* In the non-obsolete form, "-" is standard input and "-c" requires an option-argument. The obsolete multidigit options - are diagnosed more nicely below than they would be if we - simply returned false here. */ + are supported as a GNU extension even when conforming to + POSIX 1003.1-2001, so don't complain about them. */ if (!obsolete_usage && !p[p[0] == 'c']) return false; @@ -1443,21 +1443,10 @@ parse_obsolete_option (int argc, char * const *argv, uintmax_t *n_units) if (n_string == n_string_end) *n_units = default_count; - else - { - if ((xstrtoumax (n_string, NULL, 10, n_units, "b") - & ~LONGINT_INVALID_SUFFIX_CHAR) - != LONGINT_OK) - error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("number in `%s' is too large"), argv[1]); - - if (!obsolete_usage) - { - error (0, 0, _("`%s' option is obsolete; use `%s-%c %"PRIuMAX"'"), - argv[1], t_forever ? "-f " : "", t_count_lines ? 'n' : 'c', - *n_units); - usage (EXIT_FAILURE); - } - } + else if ((xstrtoumax (n_string, NULL, 10, n_units, "b") + & ~LONGINT_INVALID_SUFFIX_CHAR) + != LONGINT_OK) + error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("number in `%s' is too large"), argv[1]); /* Set globals. */ from_start = t_from_start; |