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Date:      Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:16:18 -0700
From:      Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net>, standards@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: www/en/projects/c99 index.sgml
Message-ID:  <20020611191618.A16249@FreeBSD.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <20020612021437.GA49734@hellblazer.nectar.cc>; from nectar@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 09:14:37PM -0500
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* "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> escriurères
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 03:13:30AM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> > 3) a la SunOS : use different commands located in different paths.
> 
> /usr/svr4, anyone? *smirk*

Hey, I'm all for that.  But then again I still think BINDIR should be
/usr/gnu/bin in src/gnu/usr.bin/Makefile.inc, etc.

It wouldn't hurt us to provide more and more compatible versions of various
utilities in the base system, where we cannot provide a compatible version
inside an existing implementation, especially where standards become an issue.
-- 
Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>                  FreeBSD: The Power To Serve
Perception is prejudice / Don't classify me / Accept me as me / Not what you see

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