From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Dec 15 00:37:21 2003
Return-Path: <owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 3DEDB16A4CE; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:37:21 -0800 (PST)
Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au
	(c211-30-75-229.belrs2.nsw.optusnet.com.au [211.30.75.229])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 6FFBD43D36; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:37:16 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au)
Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (localhost.alcatel.com.au
	[127.0.0.1])hBF8bBD8028245;	Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:37:11 +1100 (EST)
	(envelope-from jeremyp@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au)
Received: (from jeremyp@localhost)hBF8b4ob028244;
	Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:37:04 +1100 (EST)	(envelope-from jeremyp)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:37:04 +1100
From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
Message-ID: <20031215083703.GB956@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
References: <xzp7k101xfd.fsf@dwp.des.no>
	<200312141136.hBEBa2pD043994@grimreaper.grondar.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <200312141136.hBEBa2pD043994@grimreaper.grondar.org>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i
cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
cc: src-committers@freebsd.org
cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org
cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1
X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree <cvs-src.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-src>,
	<mailto:cvs-src-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src>
List-Post: <mailto:cvs-src@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:cvs-src-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-src>,
	<mailto:cvs-src-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:37:21 -0000

On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 11:36:02AM +0000, Mark Murray wrote:
>Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= writes:
>> It uses Perl directly to compute the numeric mode of a file.  The
>> version in -CURRENT uses a combination of stat(1), bc(1) and shell
>> arithmetic which causes a syntax error in 4.x.
>> 
>> Personally, I think it would be best if stat(1) could gain an option
>> (-m perhaps) that makes it simply print its arguments' modes in octal.
>
>Does 4.x's stat(1) have the "-s" switch? If so:
>
>$ ( eval $(stat -s .profile) ; printf "%o %s\n" ${st_mode} ${st_mode} )
>100644 0100644
>
>Would that be any use?

Not in the absence of stat(1) :-(.  As an alternative, maybe ls(1)
could grow an option to spit out the mode in octal - assuming there
are any spare opton letters left.  The simplest solution would seem
to be to MFC stat(1) to 4.x.  The only other alternative would be a
(messy) awk script to convert the mode letters in 'ls -l' output to
an octal number.

Peter