Re: dd (coreutils) 5.97 used power of 10 not 2 for calculating MB

[Jim Meyering]

Olivier Delhomme <address@hidden> wrote:
> Le Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:57:32 +0100, Jim Meyering disait :
>
>> > There was an old patch that I proposed a long time ago about that
>> > against coreutils 5.0.91. Jim corrected it according to gnu standards
>> > and I think it was then Ok (it is still pending - see the TODO file at
>> > chapter "Changes expected to go in, someday.").
>>
>> Oh!  Thanks for the reminder.
>
> Thanks for the reply
>
>> I see that the FSF now has a copyright assignment on file for you.
>
> Great !
>
>> Did you ever write a ChangeLog entry or the paragraph of coreutils.texi
>> describing the new feature?  If not, can you do that, and adjust the
>> patch (below) so that it can be applied to the latest?
>>
>> Here's the latest patch I see in the archives:
>>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/1183/focus=1202
>
>
> Ok, I'll try to do this and let you know. This won't happen soon as I'm
> very busy till march.

Hi Olivier,

I was looking through TODO and saw this:

  Changes expected to go in, someday.
  ======================================
    dd patch from Olivier Delhomme

so searched through old email.  The above was the most
recent message I found.  Do you still feel like pursuing this?

Jim