Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 16:07:31 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls Makefile src/bin/rm Makefile src/lib/libutil Makefile src/libexec/ftpd Makefile src/usr.bin/chflags Makefile src/usr.bin/find Makefile src/usr.bin/xinstall Makefile src/usr.sbin/mtree Makefile Message-ID: <19991230160731.C1906@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912310105020.1007-100000@alphplex.bde.org> References: <199912301315.FAA63774@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912310105020.1007-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
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On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 01:16:18AM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > > This is wrong. libutil is only for little used, mostly login-related > things. Flags handling should be alongside mode handling (getmode(3) and > setmode(3)) in libc if it isn't in ls. > What is the exact definition of libutil? It appears to have more than login-related things in it. Should not its definition should be expanded to allow wider use, or narrowed to only login things (with a possible remame to liblogin)? I agree with you on the flags handling. Should they remain with the same names, or be renamed to getflags/setflags to be in keeping with getmode/setmode? Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: Take the red pill and we'll show you just how Technical Manager deep the rabbit hole goes. (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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