From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jun 20 8:50: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C8E37BFDC for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:50:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA61275; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from wit401307.student.utwente.nl (wit401307.student.utwente.nl [130.89.236.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDCC437C034 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:47:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scsprong@wit401307.student.utwente.nl) Received: by wit401307.student.utwente.nl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A18B5154; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:46:52 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <20000620154652.A18B5154@wit401307.student.utwente.nl> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:46:52 +0200 (CEST) From: s.c.sprong@student.utwente.nl Reply-To: s.c.sprong@student.utwente.nl To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/19401: Correction for man 1 yes Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 19401 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Change attribution of the 'yes command' >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 20 08:50:00 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: S.C.Sprong >Release: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: FreeBSD Usergroup Drienerlo >Environment: All BSD versions to date. >Description: A long ranging discussion in alt.folklore.computers from April to June 2000 (`Why is there no "yes" command in Solaris?`) led to the search for the origin of the 'yes' command. Quoting from the most relevant posting: :From: Tim Shoppa :Message-ID: <394F167B.26244ABD@trailing-edge.com> :Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 07:00:11 -0400 :Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers :Subject: Re: Why is there no "yes" command in Solaris? : :Yet on any V7 distribution tape, you find: : :-rwxrwxr-x 3/3 2522 May 5 20:19 1979 bin/yes :-rw-rw-r-- 3/3 84 Jan 11 07:02 1979 usr/src/cmd/yes.c : :And on any 32V distribution tape, you find: : :-rwxr-xr-x mhol/wheel 3228 Mar 25 16:56 1979 usr/bin/yes :-rw-rw-rw- mhol/wheel 84 Nov 6 15:04 1978 usr/src/cmd/yes.c : :So 32V and V7 had yes at least a year before it was put in 4BSD. Searching the source of older Unices in the SCO repository at: confirmed that either 32V, a Version 7 port for the VAX, or Version 7 itself were the first Unices in which 'yes' appeared. Some BSD attributions refer to the appearance of a feature in any Unix, others refer to the specific appearance in BSD. The current attribution for 'yes' refers to 4.0BSD, which in itself is correct. Yet to end the dispute I request to change the attribution line. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: change The yes command appeared in 4.0BSD to The yes command appeared in 32V AT&T Unix or The yes command appeared in Version 7 AT&T Unix >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message