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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.

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