bug#1052: [BusyBox] bug#1052: obsolete option

Erik Andersen andersen at lineo.com
Thu Oct 19 20:45:15 UTC 2000


On Thu Oct 19, 2000 at 01:30:47PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> According to the source of GNU tail, the -<number> option format is
> obsolete.  And, furthermore, it is a pain to parse.  Given that busybox
> head doesn't even make an attempt, and that there is a simple workaround
> (-n), and that it will make the argument parsing code ugly, I'd like to
> remove support for this option altogether.
> 
> All opposed?

All in favor?
"Aye"

The Ayes have it.

 -Erik

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