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Date:      Sun, 29 Sep 2002 01:22:11 -0400
From:      Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/include Makefile getopt.h src/lib/libc/stdlib Makefile.inc getopt_long.3 getopt_long.c
Message-ID:  <20020929012211.C622@espresso.q9media.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020929051536.GA33717@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 10:15:36PM -0700
References:  <200209290414.g8T4EbCp043463@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020929044029.GA25349@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020929044137.GB14475@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020929010354.B622@espresso.q9media.com> <20020929051536.GA33717@xor.obsecurity.org>

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Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 01:03:54AM -0400, Mike Barcroft wrote:
> 
> > > > Why?
> > > 
> > > NetBSD's pax uses this for longopt support in tar compatibility mode.
> > 
> > Is this the extent to which it will be used in the base system?
> 
> Well, I hope no-one has ideas about making it pervasive except for
> compatibility purposes.

That's the answer I was looking for. :)

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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