Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:34:28 -0400 From: Coleman Kane <cokane@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add main.c pkg_add.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create main.c pkg_create.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete main.c pkg_delete.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info main.c pkg_info.1 ... Message-ID: <1212672868.1855.95.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20080605130513.GA44988@FreeBSD.org> References: <20080604043955.GA38627@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20080604063631.GA28351@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080604150013.GA44358@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20080604191339.GA31570@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080604192955.GA46284@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <1212608575.15220.109.camel@localhost> <4846F520.6040400@FreeBSD.org> <1212614663.15220.136.camel@localhost> <20080604222931.GA50114@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <1212668141.1855.90.camel@localhost> <20080605130513.GA44988@FreeBSD.org>
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--=-s0KFOqwP4fsvSTJyxG4B Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 13:05 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 08:15:41AM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 15:29 -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > Please commit. The patch gives conformance to Posix=20 > > > (ie., IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition). > > >=20 > > > As a bonus, I've included long options for compatibility > > > with GNU wc. > > >=20 > >=20 > > First of all, your patch removes functionality in our wc that deviates > > from POSIX in that the last -c or -m option takes precedence over the > > priors. This functionality enables there to be something like a "wc -c" > > alias to "wc", and then if the user executes "wc -m" they will still ge= t > > what they want. > >=20 > > Yes, the POSIX manual says that you cannot specify these two options > > together. No, *I* am not going to "fix" our behavior, because I don't > > care about that particular case. If someone else does (with a commit bi= t > > who is willing to take the fall), let them speak up. I also don't > > personally care about adding long options to all of the core tools, > > especially the ones that only have 4 or 5 options. > >=20 > > Second (as is obvious), you are merely posting this out of spite, and > > not because you actually have any interest in improving the tools > > through adding strict POSIX conformance and long options. Don't send me > > any more patches. >=20 > Geez, I guess this was just a mere joke. >=20 > ./danfe >=20 Sorry, sense of humor kicks in with my morning coffee.=20 I praise the attention to detail by supplying the man-page patch along too. --=20 Coleman Kane --=-s0KFOqwP4fsvSTJyxG4B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkhH62MACgkQcMSxQcXat5ep/wCdGk9W7URdcM6xoGeCCJQBMZRs eNEAn1Qo2Zw8HEzkpBtBwG1kUDYPYURj =oXkH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-s0KFOqwP4fsvSTJyxG4B--
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