From owner-cvs-all Sat Sep 28 22:32:51 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 4D2D937B401; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:32:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A0C43E75; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:32:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id CF597AE1D7; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:32:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:32:49 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Mike Barcroft Cc: Kris Kennaway , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include Makefile getopt.h src/lib/libc/stdlib Makefile.inc getopt_long.3 getopt_long.c Message-ID: <20020929053249.GO95327@elvis.mu.org> References: <200209290414.g8T4EbCp043463@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020929044029.GA25349@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020929044137.GB14475@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020929010354.B622@espresso.q9media.com> <20020929051536.GA33717@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020929012211.C622@espresso.q9media.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020929012211.C622@espresso.q9media.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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 * Mike Barcroft [020928 22:29] wrote: > Kris Kennaway writes: > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 01:03:54AM -0400, Mike Barcroft wrote: > > > > > > > Why? > > > > > > > > NetBSD's pax uses this for longopt support in tar compatibility mode. > > > > > > Is this the extent to which it will be used in the base system? > > > > Well, I hope no-one has ideas about making it pervasive except for > > compatibility purposes. > > That's the answer I was looking for. :) I was actually hoping for alternate long opts for ls and ps at least. :( I AM KIDDING!!! -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message