[Toybox] Do you suppose this du -b patch is worth it?

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if i saw someone trying to use that, i'd assume that they were digging
themselves into an unnecessary hole... in fact, the only time i
remember seeing anyone try to use --apparent-size we talked them out
of it.

that said --- du tests that used --apparent-size would probably work
on all kinds of filesystems that the current tests don't work on. (so
maybe implementing --apparent-size and -B# wouldn't be so silly, and
then -b could just turn those on?)

i'm assuming the busybox request didn't come with a convincing use case?

(there are still Android devices with *only* 32-bit userspace.
everything low-end is that, even though there are no 32-bit SoCs, and
afaik everyone's using a 64-bit *kernel* at least.)

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 3:50 PM Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:
>
> Every month or so I try to catch up on the busybox list and I saw somebody
> request du -b there, so I spent the half hour to make and smoketest a toybox
> version, and now I'm wondering if it's worth adding?
>
> Patch attached if you're curious. (See comment about how it doesn't scale on 32
> bit, not that android cares anymore and _not_ having it doesn't exactly scale
> any better...)
>
> Rob
>
> (Right as I was getting over my previous cold I got a different cold, which is
> just lovely and means I'm not really trusting my technical judgement right now.
> Wheee. Tis the season I guess.)
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