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. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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