> > If `echo -n' isn't guaranteed by the LSB, we probably should get rid of them > > from maintainer scripts. :-/ > > It *may* be a good idea to switch to printf in the long run, but I would > have been much happier if SUS didn't break echo in the first place. Its much better than this. SUS says -n is invalid and not allowed but you must support \c etc POSIX says -n is valid and that you must not support \c GNU appears to be going POSIX