GNU bug report logs - #9473
"kill -l" doesn't conform to POSIX when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: shea <at> shealevy.com

Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: shea <at> shealevy.com
Cc: 9473-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9473: "kill -l" doesn't conform to POSIX when POSIXLY_CORRECT
	is	set
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:09:49 -0700

Typically, 'kill' is built into the shell, and you're undoubtedly
invoking your shell's version of kill.  So you need to send a bug report
to your shell's maintainer, not to coreutils'.

For example, on my host:

$ /home/eggert/opt/Linux-x86_64/coreutils-8.13/bin/kill -l | head -n 1
HUP
$ kill -l | head -n 1
 1) SIGHUP	 2) SIGINT	 3) SIGQUIT	 4) SIGILL	 5) SIGTRAP

So coreutils conforms, but the shell does not.
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