From owner-cvs-all Thu Aug 26 23:52: 1 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from norn.ca.eu.org (cr965240-b.abtsfd1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.19.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7036D15168; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:51:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cpiazza@norn.ca.eu.org) Received: by norn.ca.eu.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 9FB3A766; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:51:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:51:43 -0700 From: Chris Piazza To: Doug Cc: jkoshy@FreeBSD.org, Thomas Gellekum , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sh miscbltin.c sh.1 Message-ID: <19990826235143.A37231@norn.ca.eu.org> References: <199908270548.WAA34683@freefall.freebsd.org> <37C63262.42098D0D@gorean.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre1i In-Reply-To: <37C63262.42098D0D@gorean.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 11:38:26PM -0700, Doug wrote: > jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > > > > > tg 1999/08/26 01:16:28 PDT > > > > > > Modified files: > > > bin/sh miscbltin.c sh.1 > > > Log: > > > Make the behaviour of `read -e', ie. treating backslashes as special, > > > the default. Add -r option for the read builtin to reverse this. > > > > > > PR: 13274 > > > Reviewed by: cpiazza, hoek, sheldonh > > > > Since the `-e' option has now gone away, it may be a good idea to issue a > > HEADS-UP on -current. A better alternative may be to keep the `-e' option, > > and have it clear ``rflag'', just so that people invoking `read -e' will > > still see the expected behaviour. > > Yes, it's never a good idea for a flag to just "go away." That makes > backward compatability much more difficult. :) If you actually look at the patch, the flag didn't "just go away", it actually just does nothing any more as the desired result of that flag is default. -Chris -- cpiazza@home.net cpiazza@FreeBSD.org "It's better to be quotable than to be honest." --Tom Stoppard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message