Post #2806621

2026-05-02 22:26 UTC

@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org just recompile coreutils with https://gnu.wildebeest.org/~mark/ls.patch $ src/ls -l y lrwxrwxrwx. 1 mark mark 1 mei 2 23:57 x <- y

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@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org 2026-05-02 22:40

@mjw@mastodon.nl 😆 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 Interesting idea (& applies software freedom to the problem 👍) but it's diabolical! Either (a) I do it only on machines where I'm the only user — in which case I mess with my own mind on servers that I use, or (b) I mess with *everyone* else's mind on those servers. Yes, I could make /usr/local/bin/bkuhn-ls and alias both in my account & for root if it's me su'ing. 🤔 BTW, at first I thought you were suggesting I change `ln` instead — which is *really* a mind🤬! Cc: @vagrantc@floss.social

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@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org 2026-05-02 22:51

@mjw@mastodon.nl Oh, here's an idea: do you think coreutils would accept an upstream patch that added a command-line option and/or environment variable that changed the output? That would mess with people's minds less, and once it rolled out upstream, it'd eventually be everywhere for me to use it!

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