Re: chown xxx.yyy, POSIX, and LSB

[Paul Jarc]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>>    /* If there is no colon, then see if there's a `.'.  */
>> -  if (separator == NULL && posix2_version () < 200112)
>> +  if (separator == NULL && (posix2_version () < 200112 ||
>> +                        !getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT")))
>
> Please consider using a different environment variable.
> Setting POSIXLY_CORRECT should not make an otherwise-POSIX-conforming
> program like GNU chown *non*conforming.

Setting the variable would mean that "." *wouldn't* be recognized,
AFAICT.  If it's *not* set, then "." is considered as a separator.


paul