From owner-cvs-all Thu Nov 22 4:19:48 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from alcatraz.iptelecom.net.ua (alcatraz.iptelecom.net.ua [212.9.224.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C082237B405; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 04:19:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from ipcard.iptcom.net (ipcard.iptcom.net [212.9.224.5]) by alcatraz.iptelecom.net.ua (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA77942; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:19:31 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from vega.vega.com (h70.234.dialup.iptcom.net [212.9.234.70]) by ipcard.iptcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA72534; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:19:28 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from FreeBSD.org (big_brother.vega.com [192.168.1.1]) by vega.vega.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fAMCIvY72853; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:18:57 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <3BFCEDC7.9195DC0B@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:21:27 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev Organization: Vega International Capital X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,uk,ru MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: Sheldon Hearn , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/true true.1 src/usr.bin/false false.1 References: <200111221105.fAMB5VH34021@freefall.freebsd.org> <40833.1006430996@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <20011122141049.A62537@sunbay.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message