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Date:      Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:36:57 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ibrahim Abdullah <ibrahim@mind.daemon.sh>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Submitting changes that add an option
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20031121133657.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <1069392953.40138.5.camel@mind.daemon.sh>

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On 21-Nov-2003 Ibrahim Abdullah wrote:
> I've added an option to the from command so that it can also display the
> subject header. For instance:
> 
> $ from
> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 20 23:44:57 2003
> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 20 23:50:59 2003
> 
> $ from -S
> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 20 23:44:57 2003
>     Subject: How can I set a password from STDIN?
> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 20 23:50:59 2003
>     Subject: Binary port question
> 
> Is this something I could submit to be added to the freebsd source tree,
> or would this not be of interest?
> 
> Should I use the send_pr command (even though it isn't a problem
> report)? I have created a diff for from.c and the man page from.1.

Yes, send_pr is an excellent way to submit patches for new features
as well as bugfixes.

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