From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 27 19:36:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D426106566B for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:36:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EF18FC1A for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:36:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (vader.bytemobile-rio.ondsl.gr [83.235.57.37]) (authenticated bits=0) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m1RJaKrb008409; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:36:26 +0200 Received: by kobe.laptop (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B6F7E22802; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:36:14 +0200 (EET) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:36:14 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: obrien@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, jonathan+freebsd-hackers@hst.org.za Message-ID: <20080227193614.GA50391@kobe.laptop> References: <200802232322.45288.jonathan+freebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> <20080223.164806.-674897155.imp@bsdimp.com> <20080225203341.GA4150@kobe.laptop> <20080227183113.GA54600@dragon.NUXI.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080227183113.GA54600@dragon.NUXI.org> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.971, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.43, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Subject: Re: find -lname and -ilname implemented X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:36:57 -0000 On 2008-02-27 10:31, 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" 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). Fortunately, no, there is no conflict :-) The du(1) manpage at the online version of SUSv3 mentions only the -L option, for dereferencing symlinks. I should have probably mentioned this in the commit log, now that I think about it.