From owner-cvs-all Tue Jul 16 15: 1:36 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B4A437B400; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:01:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C6743E58; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:01:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6GM1WRC092395; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:01:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g6GM1WU8092392; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:01:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:01:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200207162201.g6GM1WU8092392@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin Makefile src/usr.bin/cd Makefile cd.sh src/usr.bin/command Makefile command.sh In-Reply-To: References: <200207162113.g6GLDBBE081559@freefall.freebsd.org> 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 < said: > Huh? The "cd" command can not possibly work as an external command, > it *has* to be a shell builtin since it's supposed to modify the > shell's wd, and no process can change another process' wd. What have > the Austin group been smoking? Don't blame it on Austin -- this requirement comes direct from 1003.2-1992. I'm about to commit a revised, generalized implementation that will save one frag and one inode for each one of these useless commands. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message