[Toybox] [PATCH] xargs: add --max-args synonym, -o option, and fix -p.

enh enh at google.com
Mon Aug 26 10:30:14 PDT 2019


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On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 9:56 AM enh <enh at google.com> wrote:
>
> yeah, i've yet to see anyone using this (unlike -I and -P), and given
> -0 i don't think anyone should use it either. (but of course -0 isn't
> in posix.)
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 9:37 AM Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/23/19 11:09 AM, enh wrote:
> > > No. Is it really TODO, or is it more like "this might have mattered 30 years
> > > ago, but..."?
> >
> > Eh, Rich Felker was kinda adamant about it. But between:
> >
> >   https://github.com/landley/toybox/commit/48162c4ee3fb
> >   https://github.com/landley/toybox/commit/833fb23fe8b4
> >   https://github.com/landley/toybox/commit/8c588d822a47
> >
> > I've kind of lost faith in his judgement. He's not wrong about stuff _that_
> > often, but when he is he digs in and doubles down.
> >
> > I should add a "deviations from posix" note, though.
> >
> > Rob



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