Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 22:40:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@users.tmok.com> To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith) Cc: mph@astro.caltech.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Color ls Message-ID: <200007190240.WAA97974@entropy.tmok.com> In-Reply-To: <200007190109.SAA20514@mass.osd.bsdi.com> from Mike Smith at "Jul 18, 2000 6: 9:58 pm"
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Mike Smith drunkenly mumbled... > > > So fix your Sun systems so that they recognise xterm-color. > > > > I don't administer the Suns. > > But somebody does, and if you need them to talk to a colour terminal they > need to be fixed. and speaking as a terribly old school administrator, i would think to myself, "stupid color ls is for wankerware loving lusers." as i made it work for you. sure, lusers really annoy us, but doing what you ask to make your job "easier" is sorta what our job is all about, so with a few exceptions, we will happily make the change for you. being a long time solaris administrator, i can say that there are numerous problems with the OS. we all know it, so we aren't supprised when people ask us to do things like this. god i miss SunOS 4.x, but at least i don't administrate irix. Brian "Color? We don't need no stinkin' color" Hechinger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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