On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 03:21:01PM -0700, Bert JW Regeer wrote: > Even if BSD has no tradition to keep a separate program version, it is > still very handy to be able to give this data to other developers if > something is failing.
$ ident failing-binary is the output that means something. A version string will not. > Programs that don't have a -v or --version switch are frustrating to Anyone used to working on BSD will not expect a -v switch. It isn't part of BSD tradition. The simple fact there is no obivous "version" to print just shows that in a OS that is developed and built as a whole, having a version on the util is meaningless. > Dropping -v would be a bad thing, and make the tools not compatible, > thus breaking many scripts that do expect a -v. Come on, how many scripts do you write that do "sdiff -v" today? -- -- David ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
