From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Isaac Jurado Subject: Re: [PATCH] [BUILTIN] Allow SIG* signal names. Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 23:01:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20120703201334.GA66099@stack.nl> <20120705074355.GA969@gondor.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from mail-vc0-f174.google.com ([209.85.220.174]:55233 "EHLO mail-vc0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750836Ab2GEVBR (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:01:17 -0400 Received: by vcbf11 with SMTP id f11so5706778vcb.19 for ; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:01:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120705074355.GA969@gondor.apana.org.au> Sender: dash-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: dash@vger.kernel.org To: Herbert Xu Cc: Jilles Tjoelker , eblake@redhat.com, PaulGBoulder@aim.com, dash@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Herbert Xu wrote: >> >>> That argues that we should drop our strcasecmp() for the much simpler >>> strcmp(), in order to remove the bloat we already have. >> >> Such a change would be at odds with the goal of dash to be a usable >> shell. It is not good to break existing scripts, even if those >> scripts are not strictly POSIX-compliant, and particularly so if the >> scripts relied on designed behaviour. Such changes can waste a lot of >> time. > > I agree with Jilles. I don't think any change is required here. That answers directly to the case sensitivity of signal names. Is it also the same answer about supporting the SIG* prefix? Cheers. -- Isaac Jurado "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" Leonardo da Vinci