Flag and path arguments for LS

[João Jerónimo Barata de Oliveira]

Hello,

I noticed that Minix ls command only accepts the flags before the filename/path arguments.

This patch is to allow the flags to appear at the end or in the middle of the argument list.

Could be better. Right now the flags must appear all at the same place. It would be better to allow them to be scattered among other arguments.

I created the patch against commit 39d31d9fab45fb05bdbe27bb48d158b026ed661c

Regards

João Jerónimo

[Jean-Baptiste Boric]

Hi,

The source code of ls, as with most of the userland, is imported straight from NetBSD and we try to keep imported code as unmodified as possible (to keep conflicts during synchronizations under control). As such, this kind of patch should be submitted to the NetBSD guys instead so that we'll pick it up whenever the next synchronization happens.

While I'm here, the MINIX3 project moved to GitHub to handle patch submissions (https://github.com/Stichting-MINIX-Research-Foundation/minix). Pull requests are the preferred way to submit contributions now, the minix-dev Google Groups hasn't seen a patch submission since 2015.

[João Jerónimo Barata de Oliveira]

terça-feira, 19 de Dezembro de 2017 às 08:58:51 UTC, Jean-Baptiste Boric escreveu:

While I'm here, the MINIX3 project moved to GitHub to handle patch submissions (https://github.com/Stichting-MINIX-Research-Foundation/minix). Pull requests are the preferred way to submit contributions now, the minix-dev Google Groups hasn't seen a patch submission since 2015.

Hello.

Thanks for the reply. I don't still know how to work with pull requests, That's why I sent the patch here.

I'll send the patch to NetBSD then.

Best regards,

JJ

[João Jerónimo Barata de Oliveira]

Hello again,

One more question, how often is the minix3 userland code synchronised with netbsd code?

Thanks,
JJ

terça-feira, 19 de Dezembro de 2017 às 08:58:51 UTC, Jean-Baptiste Boric escreveu:

[Jean-Baptiste Boric]

 

One more question, how often is the minix3 userland code synchronised with netbsd code?

So far Lionel re-synchronized the userland about once every two years. Also, miscellaneous stuff gets imported from time to time whenever new functionality/features in MINIX3 unlocks them (the latest example being the new networking stack).