Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 03:18:08 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: tjr@freebsd.org (Tim Robbins), Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libncurses Makefile Message-ID: <200209250218.g8P2I8Lp086281@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: <mailpost.1032919409.85850@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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> From: tjr@freebsd.org (Tim Robbins) > Date: Wed 25 Sep, 2002 > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libncurses Makefile > I think we need some way of specifying > which standard we want (by environment variable or sysctl), Environment variables are too fragile. sysctls are too restricted. /usr/posix works for me... > and to default to being compatible with 7th edition. Eek! Now, I go back that far but wouldn't be quite so conservative! But then 4.2BSD really isn't much more recent when you think of it... Remember, it was BSD that made Unix _useful_. Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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