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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/mk_cmds ct.y 
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From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
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> > This utility comes with absolutely no documentation.  Does anybody
> > have the slightes idea what it is for?
> 
> It seems to be used only by kerberos / libss, leading one to wonder
> what it's doing in /usr/src/usr.bin, but I suppose ours is not to
> question the arcane incantations of the security wizards. ;-)
> 
> 					Jordan
> 

It's a general athena tool, just like libss.  It's not restricted in any
way shape or form, so it ended up in the base code.

The fact that it was never documented is a bug.