Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:32:49 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, 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: <20020929053249.GO95327@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20020929012211.C622@espresso.q9media.com> 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> <20020929012211.C622@espresso.q9media.com>
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* Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> [020928 22:29] wrote: > 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. :) I was actually hoping for alternate long opts for ls and ps at least. :( I AM KIDDING!!! -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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