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"kill -l" doesn't conform to POSIX when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: shea <at> shealevy.com
Subject: bug#9473: closed (Re: bug#9473: "kill -l" doesn't conform to
 POSIX when POSIXLY_CORRECT is	set)
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:15:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#9473: "kill -l" doesn't conform to POSIX when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 9473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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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From: shea <at> shealevy.com
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: "kill -l" doesn't conform to POSIX when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:25:38 -0700

From http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/kill.html:

  When the -l option is specified, the symbolic name of each signal shall
be written in the following
  format:

  "%s%c", <signal_name>, <separator>

  where the <signal_name> is in uppercase, without the SIG prefix, and the
<separator> shall be
  either a <newline> or a <space>. For the last signal written,
<separator> shall be a <newline>.

"kill -l" currently prints a table with each signal preceded by its number
and with the SIG prefixes, even with POSIXLY_CORRECT.

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