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Date:      Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:38:14 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Eric Melville <eric@FreeBSD.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:  <20020929223814.A31595@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20020929192742.GA85633@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 12:27:42PM -0700
References:  <200209290414.g8T4EbCp043463@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020929044029.GA25349@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020929044137.GB14475@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020929192742.GA85633@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 12:27:42PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 09:41:37PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 09:40:29PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 09:14:37PM -0700, Eric Melville wrote:
> > > > eric        2002/09/28 21:14:37 PDT
> > > > 
> > > >   Modified files:
> > > >     include              Makefile 
> > > >     lib/libc/stdlib      Makefile.inc 
> > > >   Added files:
> > > >     include              getopt.h 
> > > >     lib/libc/stdlib      getopt_long.3 getopt_long.c 
> > > >   Log:
> > > >   Add getopt_long(3).
> > > 
> > > Why?
> > 
> > NetBSD's pax uses this for longopt support in tar compatibility mode.
> 
> Who said anything about replacing tar with pax?  We need GNU tar
> functionality in 'make release' that pax doesn't supply.

...

> This commit has put the horse before the cart.

Isn't that the place where you want your horse? 

:-P

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