159606 – sys-fs/dd-rhelp uses obsolete tail and head syntax

Bug 159606 - sys-fs/dd-rhelp uses obsolete tail and head syntax

Summary: sys-fs/dd-rhelp uses obsolete tail and head syntax

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Joshua Kinard

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Blocks:	173523
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Reported:	2006-12-31 23:58 UTC by Craig Lawson
Modified:	2011-01-24 07:57 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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tail_n_head.patch (dd_rhelp.diff,4.48 KB, patch) 2007-01-01 00:00 UTC, Craig Lawson	Details \| Diff
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Description Craig Lawson 2006-12-31 23:58:23 UTC

dd-rhelp uses older-style tail and head where +NUMBER was a valid command line option. Current tail and head don't like it and complain that if can't find the file "+NUMBER".

Comment 1 Craig Lawson 2007-01-01 00:00:37 UTC

Created attachment 105067 [details, diff]
tail_n_head.patch

Patch for dd-rhelp 0.0.6 to modernize use of head and tail.
Changes command line options:
   -NUMBER to -n NUMBER
   +NUMBER to -n +NUMBER

Comment 2 Craig Lawson 2007-01-01 00:01:49 UTC

(patch was also submitted upstream)

Comment 3 Torsten Veller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-01-24 07:57:14 UTC

The package was removed from the tree.