Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 17:01:20 -0500 From: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shells for you and shells for me Message-ID: <19981026170120.A19969@netmonger.net> In-Reply-To: <v04011703b25a8ff095ff@[128.113.24.47]>; from Garance A Drosihn on Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 04:07:00PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810252016090.375-100000@picnic.mat.net>; <3633C8F8.EF8E14D5@null.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810252016090.375-100000@picnic.mat.net> <19981026125133.A2717@netmonger.net> <v04011703b25a8ff095ff@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 04:07:00PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > No, I remember. I disagree with the idea that /bin/sh scripts > "should" be FreeBSD-specific. There is nothing to be gained > by having /bin/sh dramatically different than what other OS's > have for /bin/sh, precisely because so many people use that for > "common" (cross-platform) scripts. At the same time, changing I meant that there are two classes of /bin/sh scripts: one of them is intended to be portable (such as what autoconf should generate), and thus should not touch on the more esoteric areas. The other category would be things like, say, /usr/bin/linux.. they can use FreeBSD-isms, 'cause they have no reason to be portable. This is a much smaller category than the former. -- Christopher Masto Director of Operations S NetMonger Communications chris@netmonger.net info@netmonger.net SSS http://www.netmonger.net \_/ Suppose you made a desktop application like a spreadsheet and all of a sudden Microsoft were to call you one day and say "you know, we've just decided we're not gonna give you the information necessary to let you write a product that runs on top of our operating system. On top of our desktop." I mean, what would you do? You go, you look at the room, you stare at the ceiling? What would you do, call me, file a lawsuit? You're a little company, come on. - GARY REBACK, Antitrust attorney To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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