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Last update: 1997-05-20
9945-2-92 _____________________________________________________________________________ Topic: ar Relevant Sections: 6.1.1.6 Defect Report: ----------------------- From: [email protected] (Mark Funkenhauser) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 16:49:51 -0500 (EST) I would like to request an official, binding interpretation from the WG15 concerning the following point in ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 (POSIX.2). It is unclear what the exact behaviour is when a file is added to an archive and only the -r option is specified in the ar utility. First, Section 6.1.3, lines 55-57, page 662 states: -v Give verbose output. When used with the option characters -d, -r, or -x, write a detailed file-by-file description of the archive creation and maintenance activity, as described in 6.1.6.1. This seems to imply that when using the -x, -d and -r options, that the verbose output is displayed only when -v is also specified. This implication seems to be true since all the descriptions in Section 6.1.6.1 specify the use the "-v" option except for one, on line 118, which states: If file is being added to the archive with the -r option, the standare output format shall be ... It seems odd that line 118 should be the only description in all of Section 6.1.6.1 that does not specify the -v option. Its unclear if the wording on line 114, which does specify the -v option, should be continued to be used on line 118. Further, except for line 118, section 6.1.6.1 has consistently described historical behaviour. I would like an interpretation stating that the format specified on line 120 is only required when -r and -v are both specified. Thank you for your attention to this matter. WG15 response for 9945-2:1993 ----------------------------------- The standard is unclear on this issue, and no conformance distinction can be made between alternative implementations based on this. This is being referred to the sponsor. Rationale ------------- None. Forwarded to Interpretations group: 14 Dec 94 Response received: Feb 10 1995 Proposed Resoln forwarded: 13th Feb 1995 Finalised: March 28th 1995 _____________________________________________________________________________