From owner-freebsd-current Thu Nov 1 13:41:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B26BA37B40A for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:41:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 15zPah-000ONo-00; Thu, 01 Nov 2001 23:41:35 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Cc: tlambert2@mindspring.com, Bill Fenner , wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: buildworld breakage during "make depend" at usr.bin/kdump In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Nov 2001 14:27:29 MST." <15329.48705.958888.501118@caddis.yogotech.com> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 23:41:35 +0200 Message-ID: <93731.1004650895@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 01 Nov 2001 14:27:29 MST, Nate Williams wrote: > > > I guess I read "shall *permit* an application to..." as "it's not > > > non-conforming to", not as "it's required to". Standards-speak > > > is sometimes somewhat opaque =) > > > > The phrase "shall permit" means that a conforming implemention is > > required to permit. See RFC 2119. > > So, how does this differ from; > > "shall *require*" In the obvious way. An application that "shall require" command-line arguments in a certain format MUST ONLY ALLOW that format. An application that "shall permit" MUST ALLOW at least that format. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message