From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 31 16:13:20 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA18214 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:13:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA18185 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:13:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from green@unixhelp.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA09893; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:13:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:13:10 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: "Mike O'Dell" cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a nit, however.... In-Reply-To: <199901312337.SAA02589@servo.ccr.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Mike O'Dell wrote: > > any reason why the kernel "config" program shouldn't > be changed to dramatically reduce the requirement for > the silling quoting of option values??? if an option > needs embedded whitespace, but other than that, > is there any reason other than historical for > the silliness about nubmers, etc?? Actually, as I understand it config(8) was never meant to allow the LACK of quotation marks. It's simply we've grown accustomed to not using them, I suppose, that we don't. I, for one, have every option quoted in my kernel configuration file. The right thing would be to not allow lack of quotes at all, I believe, but that would be disastrous now with current config files, and release scripts. > > -mo > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message