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Clarify wording in the light of later comments from the Open Group

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Paul Eggert
2006-02-13 23:30:58 +00:00
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@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Changes in release 2.1
dependent. Set _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 to cause the utilities to support
obsolete usage like "sort +1".
* The following obsolete usages are no longer supported when conforming
to POSIX 1003.1-2001, which prohibits most digit-string options:
to POSIX 1003.1-2001, which (at the time this change was made) was thought
to say that implementations must reject most digit-string options:
expand -N (instead, use expand -t N)
head -N (instead, use head -c N or head -n N)
fold -N (instead, use fold -w N)
@@ -21,16 +22,18 @@ Changes in release 2.1
unexpand -N (instead, use unexpand --first-only -t N)
uniq -N (instead, use uniq -f N)
The following obsolete usages (options without arguments) are no
longer supported when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001, which
prohibits most options with optional arguments:
longer supported when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001, which (at the
time this change was made) was thought to say that implementations must
reject options with optional arguments:
od -s (instead, use od --strings)
od -w (instead, use od --width)
pr -S (instead, use pr --sep-string)
[2.0.20]
* tr no longer gets failed a assertion for [==] or [::]
* The following obsolete usages are no longer supported when conforming
to POSIX 1003.1-2001, which prohibits most options with leading "+":
sort +POS1 -POS2 (instead, use sort -k)
to POSIX 1003.1-2001, which says that arguments with leading "+"
are file names in these contexts:
sort +POS1 (instead, use sort -k)
tail +N (instead, use tail -c +N or tail -n +N)
uniq +N (instead, use uniq -s N)
* Warnings are issued for obsolete usages on older hosts,