Re: bin/57315: "iostat interval count" doesn't work as expected on NetBSD 9.3

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/57315; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: nan%chinadtrace.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/57315: "iostat interval count" doesn't work as expected on NetBSD 9.3
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2023 05:51:58 +0700

     Date:        Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:25:00 +0000 (UTC)
     From:        nan%chinadtrace.org@localhost
     Message-ID:  <20230331092500.5894B1A923E%mollari.NetBSD.org@localhost>
 
   | On NetBSD 9.3, "iostat interval count" doesn't work as expected
 
 It isn't documented to work at all, the manual page would tell you
 that correct usage is
 
 	iostat [-CdDITxy] [-c count] [-w wait] [drives]
 
 That is, you should be using
 
 	iostat -w interval -c count
 
 instead.   The archaic usage is still supported, kind of, as a
 conditional compilation option (included by default, for now) and
 was indeed broken, and the change you located is the fix for that
 (not that anyone really should care).
 
 My habit in general is not to request pullups of fixes for minor bugs
 that no-one has reported having observed.   As far as minor bugs go,
 this one was about as minor as it is possible to be.
 
 But since you have now reported that one in -9, I have requested a
 pullup of this change to the netbsd-9 branch.   You'll need to be
 running 9.3_STABLE (from after the pullup is applied, if it is, this
 one is so trivial, and unnecessary, that it might not be) or wait for
 9.4 (and again, only if this gets pulled up) to see its effects.
 
 kre