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- From: cliff@cs.cornell.edu (Cliff Krumvieda)
- Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
- Subject: textutils-1.4: new bug in pr
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 20:41:58 -0500
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- Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu
- Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
- Distribution: gnu
- Message-ID: <9301241828.AA12129@ask.cs.cornell.edu>
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- Howdy:
-
- We've found a small bug in GNU textutils-1.4's pr that wasn't present
- in 1.3. For some reason, pr hangs with the -2 and -a options:
-
- ======================================================================
- % cat README | pr -2 -a
-
-
- Jan 24 13:24 1993 Page 1
-
-
- These are the GNU text file (actual utilities. Most of these programs
- their Unix counterparts, such as gr and fewer arbitrary limits.
- The cmp program has moved to the GN
- See the file NEWS for a list of maj
- See the file INSTALL for compilatio
- The textutils are intended to be PO
- extensions), like the rest of the G but a few incompatibilities remain.
- The comprehensive Texinfo documenta
- finished yet, and needs to be rewri man pages provided with this distri
- Although these programs have no `-V
- check which version you have by usi binaries, or by using `grep' and `s
- `strings - /usr/local/bin/ls | grep
- Mail suggestions and bug reports fo bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.
- <HANGS>
- ======================================================================
-
- I tested the old textutils-1.3 pr, and it terminates correctly (as
- does /usr/5bin/pr on our SunOS 4.1.1 sparcstations).
-
- Hope this helps, and thanks!
-
- --Cliff Krumvieda
-
-