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Date:      Sat, 2 Feb 2002 18:41:38 -0600
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.cc>
To:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/bin/cat cat.c
Message-ID:  <20020203004138.GA49024@madman.nectar.cc>
In-Reply-To: <20020203002859.GH58614@squall.waterspout.com> <20020202174556.A66107@hellblazer.nectar.cc>
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On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 07:29:00PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 05:45:56PM -0600, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> > Oh great, now we can have a thread from hell about whether or not to
> > merge these changes.
> 
> And you picked the worst possible list to start it on.

Yes, you're right [1].  Sorry, I misrembered which list the topic
orignally came up on.  I've set follow-ups to freebsd-arch, and I'm
including the text you snipped below for context.


> On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 03:42:53PM -0700, Nate Williams wrote:
> > > : > imp         2002/02/01 22:10:01 PST
> > > : > 
> > > : >   Modified files:
> > > : >     bin/cat              cat.c 
> > > : >   Log:
> > > : >   Drag cat(1) kicking and screaming into the late 1980's:
> > > : 
> > > : [for all such updates:]
> > > : 
> > > : MFC after:	?
> > > 
> > > I didn't plan on MFCing at this time.
> > 
> > Thank you (not not merging it)!!
> 
> Oh great, now we can have a thread from hell about whether or not to
> merge these changes.
> 
> One of the strongest arguments against making this change was due to
> the problems it might create with tracking changes against the other
> BSDs.  I would like to see these changes MFC'd at some point so that
> they do not create problems with tracking changes between our own
> branches.


Cheers,
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Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc>                 http://www.nectar.cc/
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