From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 23:39:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (parse_obsolescent_option): Issue a warning for obsolete usage,
X-Git-Tag: TEXTUTILS-2_0_20~66
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8a755a3d27ab8b94585a7aeb1a8fb45dfe820599;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(parse_obsolescent_option): Issue a warning for obsolete usage,
unless POSIXLY_CORRECT.
---

diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index d00a89d6d1..2131c1d4b5 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -1381,10 +1381,10 @@ parse_obsolescent_option (int argc, const char *const *argv,
 
   if (!*fail)
     {
+      bool posix_pedantic = (getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT") != NULL);
+
       if (argc > 3)
 	{
-	  int posix_pedantic = (getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT") != NULL);
-
 	  /* When POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, enforce the `at most one
 	     file argument' requirement.  */
 	  if (posix_pedantic)
@@ -1405,6 +1405,11 @@ option instead."), argv[1]);
 #endif
 	}
 
+      if (! posix_pedantic)
+	error (0, 0,
+	       _("warning: `tail %s' is obsolete; use -n or -c instead"),
+	       argv[1]);
+
       /* Set globals.  */
       from_start = t_from_start;
       count_lines = t_count_lines;