From owner-cvs-all Wed Dec 2 07:23:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03065 for cvs-all-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:23:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.15.68.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03059 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:23:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bde@godzilla.zeta.org.au) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA17703; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 02:23:10 +1100 Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 02:23:10 +1100 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199812021523.CAA17703@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: mike@smith.net.au, nate@mt.sri.com Subject: Re: Stuff in /sbin and /usr/sbin (was Re: full path of sysctl in bsd.port.mk? ) Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG, luoqi@watermarkgroup.com Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >> It is generally useful; witness the context of the discussion. > >No, it's not. Just because we've hammered it into submission doesn't >make it any more generically useful. Sysctl is a FreeBSD-only utility, >and as such can not be counted on to do anything useful in anything but >FreeBSD. As such, users should not be expected to know what it does, sysctl is a 4.4BSD utility. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message