* Joost Kooij said: > Hi, > > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Then the Single Unix Specification is broken, and we shouldn't follow > > it. Seriously, -e and -n are expected features of echo on GNU/Linux > > systems, no matter what the Single Unix Spec might or might not say. > > In any case we need some standardisation on "echo" behaviour. > - should echo understand options? yes > - should echo default to interpret escaped characters? no > - what escape characters are there and what is their interpretation? man echo(1) - these escapes should be supported. > > Dropping them shortly before freeze seems an insane thing to do too, > > fwiw. > > Can achieving consistency across all echo implementations be harmful to > the pending release? Of course! Set /bin/sh to /bin/ash and simply reboot your potato - you will see how many startup scripts are showing "-n" at the start of the line. marek
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