From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 10 15:11:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from green.bikeshed.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7DDE37B41F; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:11:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by green.bikeshed.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBANB3933575; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 18:11:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from green@green.bikeshed.org) Message-Id: <200112102311.fBANB3933575@green.bikeshed.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Brandon D. Valentine" Cc: Alfred Perlstein , "Jackie 'business-first' Cook" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motion for removal of xargs(1) from base system In-Reply-To: Message from "Brandon D. Valentine" of "Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:35:00 EST." <20011210173333.E33626-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> From: "Brian F. Feldman" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 18:11:03 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Brandon D. Valentine" wrote: > On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > >* Jackie 'business-first' Cook [011210 16:19] wrote: > >> > >> As a replacement for the 'functionality' present in xargs(1), I propose > >> implementing arbitrary length argument list passing right in the operating > >> system. > > > >Nice proposal, where's the diff? > > I'd like to preempt the ensuing bikeshed by voting for green. I'd like to accept your nomination. People, I know you won't regret choosing the right person for the job! -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! / green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message