On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:02:50PM -0600, Aaron Hall wrote: > It makes cal non-portable if you're post-processing output. BSD cal > doesn't support -h (nor -C, which accomplishes the same thing).
Hmm, cal shouldn't even accept -C. > > I'm not saying it shouldn't I just wonder why this is a bug rather than > > a suggestion. Could you point me to some document saying that cal should > > behave like you say it should? > > Yes, cal(1). :) > > "The output of the cal command is supposed to be bit for bit > compatible to the original Unix cal command, because its output is > processed by other programs like CGI scripts, that should not be > broken." You got a point there. So does the original cal support '-h' or highlighting at all? IIRC the '-h' was not introduced by a Debian patch but is part of the BSD source we use as upstream. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Michael at BorussiaFan dot De, Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org Jabber: michael.meskes at gmail dot com VfL Borussia! Força Barça! Go SF 49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux, PostgreSQL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
