Ultrix 3.0 changed basename(1)

[Frank Wortner]

In article <3074 at solo4.cs.vu.nl> maart at cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes:
=mjb at acd4.UUCP ( Mike Bryan          ) writes:
=\It seems basename() now does some limited regular expression handling.
=\Therefore, the command "basename /vmunix .x" will produce "vmun",
=\rather than the expected "vmunix".  [...]
=
=To whoever made this change: the abovementioned behavior is COMPLETELY
=DISTURBED!  It's like: in Ultrix 3.0 the kernel will reside in /bin/cat!
=Use /etc/fsck to catenate files. :-(

If you are as upset as your message seems to indicate, let me ask:
Has anyone submitted an SPR regarding this problem?  That is the way
bugs get reported.

Regards,
					Frank