Re: [PATCH 1/4] cksum: use --tag format by default

[Eric Blake]

[IOn Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 01:40:33PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> This format is a better default, since it results in simpler usage,
> as you don't need to specify --tag on generation or -a on
> checking invocations.  Also it's a more general format supporting
> mixed and length adjusted digests.
> 

> @@ -4143,6 +4153,8 @@ indicating there was a failure.
>  @item --tag
>  @opindex --tag
>  @cindex BSD output
> +Note this option is not supported by the @command{cksum} command,
> +as this is the default output format that it uses.

Shouldn't we still support the option, even if it is a no-op in the
common case, so that someone can do actions similar to:

alias mysum='cksum --untagged '

and then invoke 'mysum --tag' to turn it back on?

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