From owner-cvs-all Mon Oct 28 11:18:13 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211CB37B401; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:18:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from thuvia.demon.co.uk (thuvia.demon.co.uk [193.237.34.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8106343E77; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:18:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk) Received: from dotar.thuvia.org (dotar.thuvia.org [10.0.0.4]) by phaidor.thuvia.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g9SJI7cF060583; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:18:07 GMT (envelope-from mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk) Received: from dotar.thuvia.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by dotar.thuvia.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9SJI7H5072623; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:18:07 GMT (envelope-from mark@dotar.thuvia.org) Received: (from mark@localhost) by dotar.thuvia.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9SJI6TU072622; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:18:06 GMT Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:18:06 GMT From: Mark Valentine Message-Id: <200210281918.g9SJI6TU072622@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: <200210281854.g9SIsXZ5041577@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(5) 10/07/98) To: Garrett Wollman Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/expr expr.1 expr.y src/include unistd.h src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc check_utility_compat.3 check_utility_compat.c Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Garrett Wollman > Date: Mon 28 Oct, 2002 > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/expr expr.1 expr.y src/include unistd.h src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc check_utility_compat.3 check_utility_compat.c > The only thing that's proven about the Solaris implementation is that > nobody actually uses it, and so people keep on writing scripts which > *require* pre-POSIX behavior rather than writing scripts which are > compatible with both. It is sometimes *necessary* to use pre-POSIX behaviour to gain maximum portability. I have a POSIX reference at my fingertips whenever I cut code, and if I need to grub around for /usr/xpg4/bin/grep or whatever, I will, but in the end I use what works on most systems. It is true that far too few people care about writing portable scripts, but I don't think gratuitously breaking their legacy scripts is the proper way to educate them. Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message