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Subject: Re: find -lname and -ilname implemented
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David O'Brien wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:33:41PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> On 2008-02-23 16:48, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>>> This knee-jerk reaction against gnu find functionality baffles me.
>>> The changes are trivial and make FreeBSD more compatible.  It is such
>>> an obvious no-brainer that I frankly didn't expect anybody to bat an
>>> eye.
>> So should I expect similar knee-jerk reactions to the just committed
>> `finger compatibility' option to implement du -l for hardlinks?
> 
> You added a new useful feature - and you based the option letter on
> prior-art (and resumable doen't conflict with POSIX).

can we form an anti-knee-jerk cabal that can get a quorum when needed?