NetBSD Problem Report #11204

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From: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
Sender: Ben Harris <bjh21@cus.cam.ac.uk>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: POSIX.2: od(1) doesn't support POSIX syntax

>Number:         11204
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       POSIX.2: od(1) doesn't support POSIX syntax
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    standards-manager
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 12 21:05:00 +0000 2000
>Closed-Date:    Sat Feb 20 20:08:55 +0000 2010
>Last-Modified:  Sun Feb 21 06:40:02 +0000 2010
>Originator:     Ben Harris
>Release:        2000-02-07
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD cromarty 1.4X NetBSD 1.4X (CROMARTY) #9: Wed May  3 23:49:51 BST 2000
     bjh21@cromarty:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/CROMARTY macppc

>Description:
IEEE 1003.2-1992 gives od(1) the following synopsis:

od [-v] [-A address_base] [-j skip] [-N count] [-t type_string] ... [file ...]

Our od(1) doesn't support this syntax at all.

>How-To-Repeat:
cromarty:~$ od -v -A x -j 0 -N 1024 -t c
od: illegal option -- A
od: od(1) has been deprecated for hexdump(1).
hexdump: [-bcCdovx] [-e fmt] [-f fmt_file] [-n length] [-s skip] [file ...]

>Fix:

-- 
Ben Harris                                                   <bjh21@netbsd.org>
Portmaster, NetBSD/arm26               <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arm26/>

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
From: Christopher Berardi <cberardi@natoufa.com>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: standards/11204
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:27:58 -0500

 These switches all seem to be implemented in the current od(1).



 -- 
 Christopher Berardi
 http://www.natoufa.com/

 Be still, and know that I am God (Psalms 46:10)

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: standards/11204
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:46:25 +0000

 On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 06:30:04PM +0000, Christopher Berardi wrote:
  >  These switches all seem to be implemented in the current od(1).

 Eh?

 With this morning's sources:

 % od -v -A x -j 0 -N 1024 -t /etc/motd
 hexdump: [-bcCdovx] [-e fmt] [-f fmt_file] [-n length] [-s skip] [file ...]
 Exit 1
 % 

 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland@netbsd.org

From: Christopher Berardi <cberardi@natoufa.com>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: standards/11204
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:04:24 -0500

 On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 07:50:04PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 > 
 >  Eh?
 >  
 >  With this morning's sources:
 >  
 >  % od -v -A x -j 0 -N 1024 -t /etc/motd
 >  hexdump: [-bcCdovx] [-e fmt] [-f fmt_file] [-n length] [-s skip] [file ...]
 >  Exit 1
 >  % 
 >  
 >  -- 
 >  David A. Holland
 >  dholland@netbsd.org
 >  

 The -t switch requires an argument 'type_string', such as 'a' for ASCII.


 $ od -v -A x -j 0 -N 1024 -t a /etc/motd
 0000000    N   e   t   B   S   D  sp   5   .   0   .   2  sp   (   G   E
 0000010    N   E   R   I   C   )  sp   #   0   :  sp   S   a   t  sp   F
 0000020    e   b  sp   6  sp   1   7   :   5   3   :   2   7  sp   U   T
 0000030    C  sp   2   0   1   0  nl  nl   W   e   l   c   o   m   e  sp
 0000040    t   o  sp   N   e   t   B   S   D   !  nl  nl                
 000004c



 -- 
 Christopher Berardi
 http://www.natoufa.com/

 Be still, and know that I am God (Psalms 46:10)

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:08:55 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Oops, must read docs more carefully. It does in fact work, so this can
be closed.


From: "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton@gmx.net>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: standards/11204
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:35:51 -0500

 On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 08:05:03PM +0000, Christopher Berardi wrote:
 >  On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 07:50:04PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 >  >  With this morning's sources:
 >  >  
 >  >  % od -v -A x -j 0 -N 1024 -t /etc/motd
 >  >  hexdump: [-bcCdovx] [-e fmt] [-f fmt_file] [-n length] [-s skip] [file ...]
 >  >  Exit 1
 >  >  % 
 >  (...)
 >  The -t switch requires an argument 'type_string', such as 'a' for ASCII.
 >  (...)
 >  $ od -v -A x -j 0 -N 1024 -t a /etc/motd

 Uh, am I the only one disturbed by the synopsis output in david's quoted
 example? It is not helpful at all.

 -Martin

>Unformatted:

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