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Date:      Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:27:29 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        tlambert2@mindspring.com
Cc:        Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>, wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: buildworld breakage during "make depend" at usr.bin/kdump
Message-ID:  <15329.48705.958888.501118@caddis.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <3BE1BDC0.C61D0943@mindspring.com>
References:  <200110312159.f9VLx1I45943@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <200111010549.fA15nPG47227@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <200111011614.fA1GE8P25519@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <200111011840.KAA23489@windsor.research.att.com> <200111011906.fA1J6gJ26843@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <200111011928.LAA24209@windsor.research.att.com> <3BE1BDC0.C61D0943@mindspring.com>

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> > I guess I read "shall *permit* an application to..." as "it's not
> > non-conforming to", not as "it's required to".  Standards-speak
> > is sometimes somewhat opaque =)
> 
> The phrase "shall permit" means that a conforming implemention is
> required to permit.  See RFC 2119.

So, how does this differ from;

"shall *require*"



Nate

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