From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jun 6 12:58:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA14080 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 12:58:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pcpsj.pfcs.com (S0x1YRXGCvJZK/clOePAr/v/dyKneV4A@harlan.fred.net [205.252.219.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA14033 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 12:58:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com) Received: from mumps.pfcs.com [192.52.69.11] (HELO mumps.pfcs.com) by pcpsj.pfcs.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) via ESMTP id for ; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 15:57:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from brown.pfcs.com [192.52.69.44] (HELO brown.pfcs.com) by mumps.pfcs.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) via ESMTP id for ; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 12:57:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost [127.0.0.1] (HELO brown.pfcs.com) by brown.pfcs.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) via ESMTP id for ; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 15:57:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lorder problem: aout vs. elf (and GNU Configure problem too) In-Reply-To: Mike Smith's (mike@smith.net.au) message dated Sat, 06 Jun 1998 10:59:37. <199806061759.KAA01286@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Face: "csXK}xnnsH\h_ce`T#|pM]tG,6Xu.{3Rb\]&XJgVyTS'w{E+|-(}n:c(Cc* $cbtusxDP6T)Hr'k&zrwq0.3&~bAI~YJco[r.mE+K|(q]F=ZNXug:s6tyOk{VTqARy0#axm6BWti9C d Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 15:57:54 -0400 Message-ID: <20690.897163074@brown.pfcs.com> From: Harlan Stenn Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > If we really wanted to get variant symlinks, I would suggest copying > the already-fairly-well-known syntax of AFS, `@name_of_parameter'. As > the metasyntactic variable suggests, these should be (a fairly small > number of) parameters which hold system-wide. I've used the functionality provided by Pyramid back in the old days, not AFS. Does AFS have a fixed number of parameter names across the system, or are the *values* fixed across the system? If it's the latter, this seems much less useful. For example, one session may want a.out while another wants elf. Just to name an example. H To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message