On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 08:36:51PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote:
> > Echo -n (#48247)
> > * Under discussion.
> > * Proposed by Raul Miller; seconded by Joseph Carter.
> > * Amend policy to say /bin/sh must be a POSIX shell, but with the
> > addition that "echo -n" must not generate a newline.
> This needs more seconds. We already do require -n, we just don't say we
> do. Since this proposal documents existing behavior, it probably should
> get into policy. Does nobody else agree with me?
LSB will be mandating this, so if we want to be LSB compliant, we'll
do it. Adding it to -policy seems a bit redundant.
Cheers,
aj
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