GNU bug report logs - #29946
no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>

Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 17:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message whenever the AIX
 command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 17:32:38 +0100

1). AIX 5.3 (/usr/bin/tr) as an argument (-A) that was not used by the 
command 'lslpp', so the message does not occur:

root <at> x064:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]/usr/bin/tr -A
tr: 0653-712 The combination of options and String parameters is not legal.
Usage: tr [ -[c|C] | -[c|C]ds | -[c|C]s | -ds | -s ] [-A] String1 String2
       tr { -[c|C]d | -[c|C]s | -d | -s } [-A] String1
root <at> x064:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]/opt/bin/tr -A
/opt/bin/tr: invalid option -- 'A'
Try '/opt/bin/tr --help' for more information.
root <at> x064:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]lslpp -L | grep coreutils
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.man.en_US
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils man pages
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.rte
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
02-Jan-2018
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.share
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
universal files
root <at> x064:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]oslevel -s
5300-07-00-0000

2). AIX 6.1 - at some point - modified it's command "lslpp" to utilize 
"tr -A" - and now, when coreutils are preferred - this generates an 
error message on AIX.

root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]oslevel -s
6100-06-01-1043
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]/usr/bin/tr -A
tr: 0653-712 The combination of options and String parameters is not legal.
Usage: tr [ -[c|C] | -[c|C]ds | -[c|C]s | -ds | -s ] [-A] String1 String2
       tr { -[c|C]d | -[c|C]s | -d | -s } [-A] String1
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]/opt/bin/tr -A
/opt/bin/tr: invalid option -- 'A'
Try '/opt/bin/tr --help' for more information.
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]lslpp -L | grep coreutils
tr: invalid option -- 'A'
Try 'tr --help' for more information.
/usr/sbin/rpm_share[440]: =/usr/bin/awk: This is not an identifier.
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.man.en_US
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils man pages
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.rte
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
02-Jan-2018
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.share
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
universal files

The following is not REALLY - a solution. But I hope it clarifies the issue.

root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]mv /opt/bin/tr /opt/bin/trXXX
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]lslpp -L | grep coreutils
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.man.en_US
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils man pages
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.rte
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
02-Jan-2018
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.share
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
universal files
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]
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