Package: bsdmainutils Version: 6.1.10 Severity: minor
Hiya, The "-n" option seems to be a debian only extension added to fix http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=183877 The man page suggests that it is the column from 4.3BSD-Reno as found on all BSDs and most Linux for decades. So I've been fooled into thinking the "-n" option was portable to all those free software Unices. It would be nice if the fact that "-n" is debian-specific was documented in the HISTORY or PORTABILITY section of the man page. Something like: PORTABILITY column is available on BSDs and most Linux distributions. -n is a debian extension. Best regards, Stephane -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.2 Locale: LANG=en_GB.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages bsdmainutils depends on: ii bsdutils 1:2.13.1.1-1 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite ii debianutils 2.28.6 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.7-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6+20080503-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand bsdmainutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
