From owner-cvs-all Fri Jul 24 07:44:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17765 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:44:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.15.68.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17706; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:44:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bde@godzilla.zeta.org.au) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA05108; Sat, 25 Jul 1998 00:43:35 +1000 Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 00:43:35 +1000 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199807241443.AAA05108@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: phk@critter.freebsd.dk, thepish@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/time time.1 time.c Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG 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. I didn't notice any weird shell syntax, except for non-real shells of course. >Furthermore, the energies wasted in this discussion should be redirected >to more productive activities, like reviewing and handling PRs. OK, the patch was not suitable for committing verbatim, due to spelling errors ("premissions"), style bugs (redeclaration of opt* ...) and inconsistency of the new args with truss(1) and gnu time(1). [truss] usage: truss [-S] [-o file] -p pid truss [-S] [-o file] command [args] ^^^^^^^^^ [gnu time] Usage: time [-apvV] [-f format] [-o file] [--append] [--verbose] ^^^^^^^^^ [--portability] [--format=format] [--output=file] [--version] [--help] command [arg...] Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message