From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [64.235.106.9] (helo=astoria.ccjclearline.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N8Ynx-0006H3-OZ for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:29:41 +0100 Received: from cpe002129687b04-cm001225dbafb6.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([99.235.241.187] helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N8Ymi-0001pC-72 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:28:20 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:28:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200911120656.41249.holger+oe@freyther.de> <200911120722.09166.holger+oe@freyther.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.openembedded.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 64.235.106.9 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on linuxtogo.org); Unknown failure Subject: Re: xterm: either fix it, or remove it. please. X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:29:41 -0000 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-1699135595-1258028898=:7268" --8323328-1699135595-1258028898=:7268 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote: > 2009/11/12 Robert P. J. Day : > > > the above is switching on a symbolic mode, and that final line is > > using sed to convert the symbolic mode to the corresponding numeric > > mode for installation. > > > > =A0that worked fine a few years back, but it fails on newer linux > > distros for which the long listing might have a trailing period, as > > does my fedora 11 system: > > > > $ ls -l /etc/passwd > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2474 2009-11-09 14:59 /etc/passwd > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0^ there > > Hm. I've never ever heard about this trailing period. Where does it > come from/how was it introduced? https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_FAQ#Why_does_ls_show_a_dot_.28..29= _or_a_plus_.28.2B.29_at_the_end_on_the_file_modes_for_some_files.3F rday -- =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --8323328-1699135595-1258028898=:7268--