Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:05:13 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Coleman Kane <cokane@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add main.c pkg_add.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create main.c pkg_create.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete main.c pkg_delete.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info main.c pkg_info.1 ... Message-ID: <20080605130513.GA44988@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1212668141.1855.90.camel@localhost> References: <20080604043955.GA38627@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20080604063631.GA28351@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080604150013.GA44358@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20080604191339.GA31570@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080604192955.GA46284@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <1212608575.15220.109.camel@localhost> <4846F520.6040400@FreeBSD.org> <1212614663.15220.136.camel@localhost> <20080604222931.GA50114@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <1212668141.1855.90.camel@localhost>
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On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 08:15:41AM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote: > On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 15:29 -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > Please commit. The patch gives conformance to Posix > > (ie., IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition). > > > > As a bonus, I've included long options for compatibility > > with GNU wc. > > > > First of all, your patch removes functionality in our wc that deviates > from POSIX in that the last -c or -m option takes precedence over the > priors. This functionality enables there to be something like a "wc -c" > alias to "wc", and then if the user executes "wc -m" they will still get > what they want. > > Yes, the POSIX manual says that you cannot specify these two options > together. No, *I* am not going to "fix" our behavior, because I don't > care about that particular case. If someone else does (with a commit bit > who is willing to take the fall), let them speak up. I also don't > personally care about adding long options to all of the core tools, > especially the ones that only have 4 or 5 options. > > Second (as is obvious), you are merely posting this out of spite, and > not because you actually have any interest in improving the tools > through adding strict POSIX conformance and long options. Don't send me > any more patches. Geez, I guess this was just a mere joke. ./danfe
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