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Date:      Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:54:47 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, sthaug@nethelp.no, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, des@flood.ping.uio.no, darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au, committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sysctl descriptions 
Message-ID:  <199901101054.CAA05324@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:55:20 PST." <51244.915965720@zippy.cdrom.com> 

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> > I will mention that I specifically added strings to some of the SYSCTL(*) 
> > fields because it was for free and that there wasn't going to be any cost 
> > of doing it.  I've always thought of them as source documentation.
> 
> Fine, I feel the same way.  Not seeing a competing implementation that
> will let `sysctl -a' print some actual descriptive text for all those
> cryptic variables, I'm also inclined to follow des's lead.  If phk has
> a better implementation, let's see it and stop bickering over
> vaporware!

Actually, I'm almost certain he did have one, and a gestalt of his and 
DES' code would be a good thing to have.

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