GNU bug report logs - #25259
gnu tools conform to ?? older posix?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "L. A. Walsh" <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 09:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 25259-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "L. A. Walsh" <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>, 25259-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25259: gnu tools conform to ?? older posix?
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:05:39 -0800

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L. A. Walsh wrote:
> I don't think the above is correct w/r/t "rm" with its previous
> functionality removed to enforce compliance with the latest POSIX
> (not the 1992 POSIX).

Yes, that part of README is obsolete. I installed the attached to fix that and 
am closing this bug report. Although my impression is that you also want 'rm' to 
be changed, that would be a topic for a different bug report.

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