Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:58:25 +0100 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: 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: <200209301058.g8UAwQcD016115@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: <20020930104952.GQ9330@starjuice.net> ; from Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> "Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:49:52 %2B0200." References: <20020930104952.GQ9330@starjuice.net>
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> > > Well, I hope no-one has ideas about making it pervasive except for > > > compatibility purposes. > > > > Even that is too nebulous. One might add all the '--' GNU ls options to > > BSD ls for "compatibility purposes". Or add the GNU AWK '--' options, > > especially since releng4's awk has them. Or du, df, etc.... > > Could you live with this policy: > > Tools in the base system may only use getopt_long to provide > functionality offered in previously released versions of the > base system. ... or contrib'ed sources (such as GNU software) that need it by default. > I think that as long as we constrain ourselves to using this for > backward compatibility, we should be okay. Backward _and_ GNU. M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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