GNU bug report logs - #50940
how df utility displays sizes - GB vs GiB

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Danie de Jager <danie.dejager <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 15:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #29 received at 50940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: gdg <at> zplane.com
Cc: Danie de Jager <danie.dejager <at> gmail.com>, 50940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50940: how df utility displays sizes - GB vs GiB
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 14:26:24 -0700

On 10/1/21 2:16 PM, Glenn Golden wrote:
> Might it be possible to finesse the already existing envars (BLOCK_SIZE,
> DF_BLOCK_SIZE, etc.) to accomplish the desired suffixing mods?

We've been moving away from using those environment variables, for 
security and reproducibility reasons.
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