Requesting advice re: Bug#204899: ispell breaks if_POSIX2_VERSION=200111 with recent coreutils
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I didn't find anything about this when I searched the list archives; if
what this user reports is true, and we want to support
_POSIX2_VERSION=200111, it'll break many more packages than ispell.
Are we interested in supporting this?
This is something that *will* happen sooner or later. I've forced POSIX2
version to the old 1992 spec in the current version of coreutils, but
the current libc6 in unstable advertises 200111. I think the current LSB
specifies the newer standard.
We probably need a transition plan of some sort, I'm open to
suggestions.
Mike Stone
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