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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!!!

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-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.'

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