Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:23:43 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/true true.1 src/usr.bin/false false.1 Message-ID: <20011122142343.C62537@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <3BFCEDC7.9195DC0B@FreeBSD.org> References: <200111221105.fAMB5VH34021@freefall.freebsd.org> <40833.1006430996@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <20011122141049.A62537@sunbay.com> <3BFCEDC7.9195DC0B@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 02:21:27PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 02:09:56PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 03:05:31 PST, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > > > > > Log: > > > > Be pedantic; we don't know of any shell that provides > > > > "similar but not identical" built-in replacements for > > > > false(1) and/or true(1). > > > > > > I still prefer the more cautious approach. For example, weird shells > > > may offer additional options (e.g. -v for verbose). > > > > > > I pained long and hard over the original wording. I suppose it probably > > > doesn't make enough of a difference to warrant backing out this specific > > > delta, but I'd worry if you started applying the same logic to other > > > pages that include this text. > > > > > Nope, my targets were only true(1) and false(1). I just didn't > > see a shell with extended "true" and "false" functionality, and > > can't even imagine one. :-) > > Except that GNU ones probably print (or should print) a license > details when supplied with `--version'' argument. :))) > We're talking about shell built-ins here, do they?! Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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