GNU bug report logs - #10281
du: hard-links counting with multiple arguments (commit

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 10282, 11526

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #43 received at 10281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Elliott Forney <idfah <at> cs.colostate.edu>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 10281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10281: change in behavior of du with multiple arguments
	(commit efe53cc)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:36:09 -0700

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On 12/16/2011 01:46 PM, Elliott Forney wrote:
> In this scheme, the GNU du retains compatibility with Solaris, AIX,
> OSX, et cetra, but the user has the option to count multiple command
> line arguments only once.  I do agree that this functionality can be
> useful in some circumstances I just think it is a confusing default.
> 
>> No, I don't think they conform to POSIX in the above example.
>> Perhaps this is a bug in POSIX
> 
> Of course, maybe the first thing to do is to get clarification on the
> POSIX spec.

OK, I'll take on that task, and post a link once I've submitted the bug
report.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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