From owner-cvs-all Fri Jul 24 06:51:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA09865 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 06:51:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA09831; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 06:50:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA02511; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:47:48 +0200 (CEST) To: Peter Hawkins cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/time time.1 time.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 24 Jul 1998 23:15:02 +1000." Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:47:48 +0200 Message-ID: <2509.901288068@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message , Peter H awkins writes: >> Modified files: >> usr.bin/time time.1 time.c > >There is no situation where this patch is required and it's quite a departure >from the norms elsewhere. The consensus on the list seems to have been that >this shouldn't be committed. Quite the contrary: The weird exploitations of weird shell syntax needed to do what should really be very simple, clearly indicates the need to make it easier to do these things. Furthermore, the energies wasted in this discussion should be redirected to more productive activities, like reviewing and handling PRs. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message