From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 5 18:12:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA17923 for current-outgoing; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 18:12:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nexis.net (customer-1.ican.net [198.133.36.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA17910 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 18:12:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (james@localhost) by nexis.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA16925; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 21:11:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 21:11:22 -0400 (EDT) From: James FitzGibbon To: Tom cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of your strptime(3) code (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Tom wrote: > Also, I don't think we need it. None of the hundreds of other ports > need it, and as it seems neither does msql. True, mSQL 2.0b5 was the first one that I saw that broke without a working strptime(3). Still, just because there isn't an immediate need for something doesn't mean we shouldn't consider it for inclusion. strptime is the natural partner to strftime, which is in libc. strptime also is in Solaris. If this import makes it possible to port one program that someone wrote with only Solaris in mind, then it's in my mind worth it. Joerg had already done work on this long before I suggested it. He, being much more involved in the source tree that myself, saw a need, and I respect and agree with that opinion. Besides, I'm just running interference between the author and the developers... 8-) -- j.