Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 22:04:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: .s -> .S filename change in /sys Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005112202480.10096-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <200005111553.IAA67862@vashon.polstra.com>
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On Thu, 11 May 2000, John Polstra wrote: > In article <391A406B.3EBD0C57@softweyr.com>, > Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> wrote: > > > > Use a shell or editor with filename completion? > > Please assume that I've already thought of and rejected this entire > category of hacks. You perl fans out there needn't bother sending me > any magic scripts. > > I say again: the problem this mass renaming would address is (a) not > very important and (b) solvable by other means. Renaming all these > files would be a departure from the other BSDs and from 25+ years of > established convention in the kernel. I wouldn't mind it if there > were ample justification, but I certainly haven't seen that in this > discussion. For anyone who is playing with mismatched versions of FreeBSD (different target/host) as a LOT of the vendors DO, this is gonna be a PITA. Exactly what, David, was this supposed to fix? > > John > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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