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Subject: Re: macro recommendation (Was Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdlib
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On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Matt Dillon wrote:

> :On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:22:38PM -0700, Matt Dillon wrote:
> :> 	#include <rcsid.h>
> :>
> :> 	...
> :>
> :> 	__RCSID("$FreeBSD$");
> :>
> :>     (where CVS will expand the $FreeBSD$ part when a file is checked in).
> :
[ Matt Dillon's mail program didn't write that David O'brien wrote]
> :Please!  I already have a prototype in works.  I'm sure there are other
> :things for people to work on.
>
>     sys/cdefs.h ?  I think it's perfect, lets use it... I don't understand
>     why you haven't instrumented all the library source files already,
>     though, or at least more then have been, or asked people to help out
>     instrumenting it.  Barely 33 files use RCSID and it's been in the tree
>     for almost half a year!  And nobody seems to know it exists except a
>     handful of people.  The stuff is only so much fluff if it isn't used.

Almost 4 years: from cvs history:

> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/sys/cdefs.h,v
> Working file: cdefs.h
> head: 1.33
> ...
> ----------------------------
> revision 1.15
> date: 1997/12/13 20:39:14;  author: pst;  state: Exp;  lines: +16 -1
> Bring in NetBSD compatible & augmented RCSID/COPYRIGHT macros
> ----------------------------

Bruce


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