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Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage
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Kamil Dudka |
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Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage |
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Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:45:49 +0200 |
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On Thursday 04 September 2008 00:52:08 you wrote:
> We cannot take this patch, as the gnulib strverscmp function is meant to be
> a substitute for the glibc function of the same name. (Sorry, the doc was
> not clear about it until today.) This means, gnulib's strverscmp needs to
> behave the same as glibc's strverscmp.
>
> If you want a behaviour change of gnulib's strverscmp, it needs to be
> accepted by glibc first. But I think, Jakub Jelinek and Ulrich Drepper
> already rejected such a proposal.
>
> You are welcome to propose a new, different function for gnulib, though.
Well, what about new gnulib function strverscmp2(), which would be original
strverscmp() patched by proposed patch? Particular coreutils utilities could
then choose between strverscmp() and strverscmp2().
Kamil
- Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Ondřej Vašík, 2008/09/03
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Bruno Haible, 2008/09/03
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Kamil Dudka, 2008/09/03
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Jim Meyering, 2008/09/07
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Kamil Dudka, 2008/09/17
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Bruno Haible, 2008/09/17
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Kamil Dudka, 2008/09/17
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Kamil Dudka, 2008/09/18
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Bruno Haible, 2008/09/21
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Ben Pfaff, 2008/09/21
- Re: Issue with ls -v / sort -V and strverscmp() usage, Bruno Haible, 2008/09/21
- willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Ben Pfaff, 2008/09/21
- Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?, Jim Meyering, 2008/09/29