From owner-cvs-all Mon Aug 23 0:54:48 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4270156C4; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 00:54:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11Iovj-000CAx-00; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:54:11 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "Brian F. Feldman" Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/test test.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 23 Aug 1999 00:36:22 MST." Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:54:11 +0200 Message-ID: <46806.935394851@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 00:36:22 MST, "Brian F. Feldman" wrote: > > /* XXX Work around the absence of eaccess(2) */ > > How about this: you can add the eaccess system call, and then > update test(1) to use it? =) That's one solution. However, my suggestion was intended to benefit future programmers in the case where eaccess() doesn't get added for a while. Imagine the poor bastard who tries to figure that code out when we _do_ have eaccess(). :-) "Huh? Am I on crack? Why not just use eaccess()?" Again, this is an issue of FreeBSD culture as opposed to what works right here, right now. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message