Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 11:57:47 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.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: <20020929185747.GA85357@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020929051536.GA33717@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200209290414.g8T4EbCp043463@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020929044029.GA25349@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020929044137.GB14475@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020929010354.B622@espresso.q9media.com> <20020929051536.GA33717@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 10:15:36PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 01:03:54AM -0400, Mike Barcroft wrote: > > > > > Why? > > > > > > NetBSD's pax uses this for longopt support in tar compatibility mode. > > > > Is this the extent to which it will be used in the base system? > > Well, I hope no-one has ideas about making it pervasive except for > compatibility purposes. Even that is too nebulous. One might add all the '--' GNU ls options to BSD ls for "compatibility purposes". Or add the GNU AWK '--' options, especially since releng4's awk has them. Or du, df, etc.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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