From owner-cvs-all Sun Jan 10 03:02:04 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA02976 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 03:02:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles333.castles.com [208.214.167.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA02957 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 03:02:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA05324; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:54:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901101054.CAA05324@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Peter Wemm , Mike Smith , sthaug@nethelp.no, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, des@flood.ping.uio.no, darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl descriptions In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:55:20 PST." <51244.915965720@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:54:47 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > 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