View Issue Details
| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0001452 | 1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2 | Shell and Utilities | public | 2021-02-11 15:07 | 2024-06-11 09:08 |
| Reporter | geoffclare | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Objection | Type | Error |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted As Marked | ||
| Name | Geoff Clare | ||||
| Organization | The Open Group | ||||
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| Section | prs | ||||
| Page Number | 3120 | ||||
| Line Number | 104398 | ||||
| Interp Status | Approved | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | See 0001452:0005518. | ||||
| Summary | 0001452: prs :KV: is mandated but most implementations do not support it | ||||
| Description | The prs page includes :KV: in the table of "SCCS File Data Keywords" that can be used with the -d option. However, the AIX, Solaris and CSSC prs utilities do not recognise it (Solaris and CSSC output :KV: unaltered; non-support on AIX is based on the online AIX man page). HP-UX is the only implementation I could find that supports it, and it appears that all it does is substitute :KV: with "none", so I suspect the only reason it recognises the value is because it is listed in SUS. The VSC test for this keyword says that it has not been implemented pending interpretation VWG/065/011994. So it seems that this is a known problem that was first raised in 1994 but has persisted until now. Unfortunately that date (Jan 19, 1994) predates the start of the ogtgbase email archive, and consequently I have been unable to find how that interpretation was resolved. Being 27 years old it probably doesn't affect how this should be handled now anyway. | ||||
| Desired Action | 1. Issue a "defect case" interpretation. 2. Delete the :KV: row of the table: | :KV: | Keyword validation string | " | text | S | | ||||
| Tags | tc3-2008 | ||||
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Interpretation response ------------------------ The standard states the data keywords that can be used with prs -d, and conforming implementations must conform to this. However, concerns have been raised about this which are being referred to the sponsor. Rationale: ------------- Only one known implementation supports :KV: and it always returns the value "None" for this keyword. Notes to the Editor (not part of this interpretation): ------------------------------------------------------- Delete the :KV: row of the table: | :KV: | Keyword validation string | " | text | S | |
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An interpretation is proposed: 4th November 2021 |
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Interpretation approved: 9 Dec 2021 |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-11 15:07 | geoffclare | New Issue | |
| 2021-02-11 15:07 | geoffclare | Name | => Geoff Clare |
| 2021-02-11 15:07 | geoffclare | Organization | => The Open Group |
| 2021-02-11 15:07 | geoffclare | Section | => prs |
| 2021-02-11 15:07 | geoffclare | Page Number | => 3120 |
| 2021-02-11 15:07 | geoffclare | Line Number | => 104398 |
| 2021-02-11 15:07 | geoffclare | Interp Status | => --- |
| 2021-11-04 16:28 | Don Cragun | Note Added: 0005518 | |
| 2021-11-04 16:28 | Don Cragun | Status | New => Interpretation Required |
| 2021-11-04 16:28 | Don Cragun | Resolution | Open => Accepted As Marked |
| 2021-11-04 16:31 | Don Cragun | Note Edited: 0005518 | |
| 2021-11-04 16:32 | Don Cragun | Tag Attached: tc3-2008 | |
| 2021-11-04 16:33 | Don Cragun | Final Accepted Text | => See 0001452:0005518. |
| 2021-11-04 18:00 | agadmin | Interp Status | --- => Proposed |
| 2021-11-04 18:00 | agadmin | Note Added: 0005519 | |
| 2021-12-09 11:47 | agadmin | Interp Status | Proposed => Approved |
| 2021-12-09 11:47 | agadmin | Note Added: 0005547 | |
| 2022-01-06 10:28 | geoffclare | Status | Interpretation Required => Applied |
| 2024-06-11 09:08 | agadmin | Status | Applied => Closed |
