Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:08:03 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 Message-ID: <38660523.74C8B37@newsguy.com> References: <19991226093421.875B91CC6@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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Peter Wemm wrote: > > > That is not true. Just try making a file without -C containing a > > "comment" and then fortune'ing it. > > No problem, RELENG_2_2's strfile and fortune, *with* the ignore-comments patch > but without -C: [example failing to show the difference in a fortune *containing* a comment skipped] > -C is just a build inconvenience to make %% parsing optional. We have > enough options already without adding them for things that don't make sense > to be an option. -C is an option setting a flag in the dat file telling fortune to ignore a specific type of line. Having it unconditional will make us incompatible with other fortunes out there. > ie: it still works. Even if it didn't, we don't need -C at 'make world' > time because strfile does nothing special with the %% lines, and a new > fortune(1) is installed at exactly the same time as the new datfiles. -C makes something special with the files created by strfile. Setting a flag. Well, whatever. I think making it unconditional is an error, but I won't make a bike shed out of it. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "Nice try, Lao Che." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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