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Re: RFS: sn - Small NNTP server for leaf sites



On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:24:50PM +0200, Chris Niekel wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 10:43:34AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > That isn't mandated by POSIX, though, and there are shells in Debian
> > that don't do that. I agree with Andreas: use printf instead.
> 
> A sponsor already uploaded the package, but a next version will use
> printf. Since printf is part of coreutils, and coreutils is essential,
> I don't even need an extra dependency, right?

No, you don't. It's a builtin in some shells, too.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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