Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:03:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Dan Debertin <airboss@bitstream.net> To: Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> Cc: Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>, Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.ORG>, Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "ifconfig" == "ifconfig -a" Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0007191556350.6937-100000@dmitri.bitstream.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0007191543080.14492-100000@jason.argos.org>
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I'm with you there, Mike. Linux (not to disparage it) is the divergent one. Increasing the level of incompatibility will only have a concomitant effect on people's level of confusion. This particular change won't break anything huge, but I disagree with the overall Linux-emulation philosophy. See below for more unices ... Solaris 7 (and 6) xenon [3:43pm] # route usage: route [ -fnqv ] cmd [[ -<qualifers> ] args ] SunOS 5.5.1: senator [3:50pm] # route senator [3:50pm] # (i.e. nothing) IRIX: copper# route usage: route [ -nqvfF ] cmd [[ -<qualifers> ] args ] > > Nope - not just you. Just because Linux does something in a particular > way doesn't mean that FBSD should. Linux is the exception, not the rule, > as far as LOTS of the system config commands are concerned -- if "making > it act like other systems" is to be an issue, we should make it act like > the big boys, not like the one rogue system that's just > different (yet popular) enough to cause some confusion.... > > (DEC UNIX) > ig88:~$ route > usage: route [-n] [-C] cmd [[-net|-host] <dst>[/bitmask] <gw> [-netmask > <mask>] <args>] > > (AIX) > wookie:~$ route > usage: route [ -nqCvf ] cmd [[ -<qualifers> ] args ] > > (FBSD) > bobafett:~$ route > usage: route [-dnqtv] command [[modifiers] args] > > ...not to mention "netstat -f inet", /etc/exports, and several others. > > > --mike > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > ~Dan D. -- __________________________________________________________________ -- I feel the earth move. -- I feel the tumbling down, the tumbling down. ++ Dan Debertin ++ Senior Systems Administrator ++ Bitstream Underground, LLC ++ airboss@bitstream.net ++ (612)321-9290 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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