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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com>
Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Minor patches to pwd_mkdb 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 01 Sep 1999 01:05:40 MST."
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On Wed, 01 Sep 1999 01:05:40 MST, Jaye Mathisen wrote:

> Why is it OK for top to do it, but not pwd_mkdb?  I probably end up
> updating my OS faster than I add users to my password file...

I think that's the wrong question. I think the right question is 

        Is it okay to adhere to the lowest common denominator of coding
        excellence when developing for FreeBSD?

:-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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