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Date:      Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:00:32 GMT
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/153527: wake(8) should use sysexits.h
Message-ID:  <201012301800.oBUI0WKs099566@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/153527; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To: dzs-pr@dzs.fx.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/153527: wake(8) should use sysexits.h
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:00:01 +0000

 On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:10:33 -0800
 douglas steinwand <dzs-pr@dzs.fx.org> wrote:
 
 > The sysexits(3) manpage in FreeBSD 8.1 still seems relevant.
 
 It is, but its use is discouraged now - see
 http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/share/man/man9/style.9 for the
 history - e.g. "Revert r184509: don't encourage the use of sysexits.h
 with err() and errx(),, as there seems to be a general preference
 against this practice."
 
 -- 
 Bruce Cran



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