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Date:      Thu, 01 Nov 2001 13:25:20 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>
Cc:        wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: buildworld breakage during "make depend" at usr.bin/kdump
Message-ID:  <3BE1BDC0.C61D0943@mindspring.com>
References:  <200110312159.f9VLx1I45943@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <200111010549.fA15nPG47227@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <200111011614.fA1GE8P25519@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <200111011840.KAA23489@windsor.research.att.com> <200111011906.fA1J6gJ26843@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <200111011928.LAA24209@windsor.research.att.com>

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Bill Fenner wrote:
> 
> I guess I read "shall *permit* an application to..." as "it's not
> non-conforming to", not as "it's required to".  Standards-speak
> is sometimes somewhat opaque =)

The phrase "shall permit" means that a conforming implemention is
required to permit.  See RFC 2119.

-- Terry

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