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no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>

Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 17:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message whenever the AIX
 command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 17:32:38 +0100

1). AIX 5.3 (/usr/bin/tr) as an argument (-A) that was not used by the 
command 'lslpp', so the message does not occur:

root <at> x064:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]/usr/bin/tr -A
tr: 0653-712 The combination of options and String parameters is not legal.
Usage: tr [ -[c|C] | -[c|C]ds | -[c|C]s | -ds | -s ] [-A] String1 String2
       tr { -[c|C]d | -[c|C]s | -d | -s } [-A] String1
root <at> x064:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]/opt/bin/tr -A
/opt/bin/tr: invalid option -- 'A'
Try '/opt/bin/tr --help' for more information.
root <at> x064:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]lslpp -L | grep coreutils
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.man.en_US
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils man pages
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.rte
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
02-Jan-2018
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.share
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
universal files
root <at> x064:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]oslevel -s
5300-07-00-0000

2). AIX 6.1 - at some point - modified it's command "lslpp" to utilize 
"tr -A" - and now, when coreutils are preferred - this generates an 
error message on AIX.

root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]oslevel -s
6100-06-01-1043
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]/usr/bin/tr -A
tr: 0653-712 The combination of options and String parameters is not legal.
Usage: tr [ -[c|C] | -[c|C]ds | -[c|C]s | -ds | -s ] [-A] String1 String2
       tr { -[c|C]d | -[c|C]s | -d | -s } [-A] String1
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]/opt/bin/tr -A
/opt/bin/tr: invalid option -- 'A'
Try '/opt/bin/tr --help' for more information.
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]lslpp -L | grep coreutils
tr: invalid option -- 'A'
Try 'tr --help' for more information.
/usr/sbin/rpm_share[440]: =/usr/bin/awk: This is not an identifier.
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.man.en_US
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils man pages
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.rte
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
02-Jan-2018
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.share
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
universal files

The following is not REALLY - a solution. But I hope it clarifies the issue.

root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]mv /opt/bin/tr /opt/bin/trXXX
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]lslpp -L | grep coreutils
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.man.en_US
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils man pages
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.rte
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
02-Jan-2018
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.share
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
universal files
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]
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Message #8 received at 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>, 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message
 whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 18:56:39 +0000

On 02/01/18 16:32, Michael wrote:
> 1). AIX 5.3 (/usr/bin/tr) as an argument (-A) that was not used by the 
> command 'lslpp', so the message does not occur:
> 
> root <at> x064:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]/usr/bin/tr -A
> tr: 0653-712 The combination of options and String parameters is not legal.

This is non standard.
So I suggest lslpp hardcodes /usr/bin/tr
or better again uses LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE=C etc.
to enforce working in ASCII mode.

cheers,
Pádraig.
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Message #11 received at 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>, 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message
 whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 11:40:19 -0800

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> This is non standard.
> So I suggest lslpp hardcodes /usr/bin/tr
> or better again uses LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE=C etc.
> to enforce working in ASCII mode.

lslpp is AIX-specific, so it can assume AIX-specific extensions to tr.

How about if we make 'tr -A' compatible with AIX practice? It would make for one 
less objection to using coreutils on AIX, and it shouldn't be hard to add.
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Message #14 received at 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Pádraig Brady
 <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message
 whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 23:11:44 +0100

On 02/01/2018 20:40, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> This is non standard.
>> So I suggest lslpp hardcodes /usr/bin/tr
>> or better again uses LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE=C etc.
>> to enforce working in ASCII mode.
>
I am just a messenger.
> lslpp is AIX-specific, so it can assume AIX-specific extensions to tr.
And used frequently. it is the equivalent of rpm -qa (in fact it is 
supposed to call rpm, but that might be failing - the second error 
message - because tr is failing)
>
> How about if we make 'tr -A' compatible with AIX practice? It would 
> make for one less objection to using coreutils on AIX, and it 
> shouldn't be hard to add.
>
That would be ideal :)
>
>
>
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Message #17 received at 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>, Pádraig Brady
 <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message
 whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:16:19 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
OK, attached is a proposed patch to coreutils. Michael, can you give it a try?

[0001-tr-add-A-for-compatibility-with-AIX-tr.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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Message #20 received at 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Felt <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Pádraig Brady
 <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message
 whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 11:09:55 +0100


On 1/3/2018 5:16 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> OK, attached is a proposed patch to coreutils. Michael, can you give 
> it a try?
Looks good!

After patch:
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]lslpp -L | grep coreutils
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.man.en_US
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils man pages
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.rte
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
03-Jan-2018
  aixtools.gnu.coreutils.share
                            8.29.0.0    C     F    gnu coreutils 
universal files
root <at> x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]
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Message #23 received at 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>,
 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message
 whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 14:54:15 +0000

On 03/01/18 04:16, Paul Eggert wrote:
> +        case 'A':
> +          /* Undocumented option, for compatibility with AIX.  */
> +          setlocale (LC_COLLATE, "C");
> +          setlocale (LC_CTYPE, "C");
> +          break;

I'm ok with this as it's undocumented.

Thanks for doing this.

Pádraig
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Message #26 received at 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Michael Felt <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>, Pádraig Brady
 <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message
 whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 11:04:09 -0800

Thanks for checking it; I installed it.
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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message
 whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:29:52 -0600

tags 29946 fixed
close 29946
stop

(triaging old bugs)

Pushed here:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=3f9b1b86b18777b996c81d40c64e1e3ede8ecbef

so closing as "fixed".

-assaf
Added tag(s) fixed. Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:31:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 29946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl> Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:31:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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