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Date:      Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:21:27 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/true true.1 src/usr.bin/false false.1
Message-ID:  <3BFCEDC7.9195DC0B@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200111221105.fAMB5VH34021@freefall.freebsd.org> <40833.1006430996@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <20011122141049.A62537@sunbay.com>

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Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 02:09:56PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 03:05:31 PST, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >
> > >   Log:
> > >   Be pedantic; we don't know of any shell that provides
> > >   "similar but not identical" built-in replacements for
> > >   false(1) and/or true(1).
> >
> > I still prefer the more cautious approach.  For example, weird shells
> > may offer additional options (e.g. -v for verbose).
> >
> > I pained long and hard over the original wording.  I suppose it probably
> > doesn't make enough of a difference to warrant backing out this specific
> > delta, but I'd worry if you started applying the same logic to other
> > pages that include this text.
> >
> Nope, my targets were only true(1) and false(1).  I just didn't
> see a shell with extended "true" and "false" functionality, and
> can't even imagine one.  :-)

Except that GNU ones probably print (or should print) a license
details when supplied with `--version'' argument. :)))

-Maxim

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