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Date:      Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:19:43 -0800
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r204615 - head/sbin/newfs
Message-ID:  <4B8DD54F.6060302@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <a78074951003021808y1afb3f28m35a55876245a9e7d@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201003030205.o2325AMY010089@svn.freebsd.org> <a78074951003021808y1afb3f28m35a55876245a9e7d@mail.gmail.com>

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Xin LI wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Author: sobomax
>> Date: Wed Mar  3 02:05:09 2010
>> New Revision: 204615
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/204615
>>
>> Log:
>>  Teach newfs(8) to understand size modifiers for all options taking
>>  size or size-like argument. I.e. "-s 32k" instead of "-s 32768".
>>  Size parsing function has been shamelessly stolen from the truncate(1).
>>  I'm sure many sysadmins out there will appreciate this small
>>  improvement.
> 
> Bikeshed: why not expand_number()?

I did not know that function existed, but even if I did, I am really not 
sure if adding dependency on external library just to save 200 bytes of 
code worth it. Considering that newfs(8) is often embedded into various 
space-tight/custom things, adding dependency could cause more harm than 
good. In any case, I do not feel strongly about that, so I can change it 
to use libutil if people feel like it.

-Maxim



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