Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-21 Thread David Schultz
Thus spake Tim Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 01:27:43PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:27:00 -0800 > > David Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm concerned about the used character: "-r" is similiar to "-R" > > > > > > > >

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-20 Thread Tim Robbins
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 01:27:43PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:27:00 -0800 > David Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm concerned about the used character: "-r" is similiar to "-R" > > > > > > Yes, `-r' would be a very poor choice for the reason you sta

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-20 Thread David Schultz
Thus spake Alexander Leidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I'm concerned about the used character: "-r" is similiar to "-R" > > > > > > Yes, `-r' would be a very poor choice for the reason you state. > > > > Agreed, but the precedent has already been set by touch(1) and > > truncate(1). If we'r

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-20 Thread Alexander Leidinger
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:27:00 -0800 David Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm concerned about the used character: "-r" is similiar to "-R" > > > > Yes, `-r' would be a very poor choice for the reason you state. > > Agreed, but the precedent has already been set by touch(1) and > truncate

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-19 Thread David Schultz
Thus spake Garrett Wollman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm concerned about the used character: "-r" is similiar to "-R" > > Yes, `-r' would be a very poor choice for the reason you state. Agreed, but the precedent has already been set by touch(1) and truncate(1). If we're going to get it wrong some

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-19 Thread John Baldwin
On 19-Nov-2002 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:01:33 +0100 (CET) > Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Alexander Leidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > The patch adds an option -r to chown(8) and chgrp(1), which >>

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-19 Thread Alexander Leidinger
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:01:33 +0100 (CET) Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexander Leidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The patch adds an option -r to chown(8) and chgrp(1), which > > > does pretty much the same as the -r option of t

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-18 Thread Garrett Wollman
< said: > I'm concerned about the used character: "-r" is similiar to "-R" Yes, `-r' would be a very poor choice for the reason you state. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-17 Thread Oliver Fromme
Alexander Leidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The patch adds an option -r to chown(8) and chgrp(1), which > > does pretty much the same as the -r option of touch(1) and > > truncate(1). Basically, it let's you "copy" ownerships and > > group mem

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-17 Thread Alexander Leidinger
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:29:20 +0100 (CET) Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The patch adds an option -r to chown(8) and chgrp(1), which > does pretty much the same as the -r option of touch(1) and > truncate(1). Basically, it let's you "copy" ownerships and > group memberships from one fi

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-16 Thread Oliver Fromme
David Wolfskill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:29:20PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > I've submitted a small patch (bin/45333) for both -stable > > and -current, but I haven't been able to test it under > > -current (due to lack of a spare machine). Would someone > >

Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-16 Thread David Wolfskill
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:29:20PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > I've submitted a small patch (bin/45333) for both -stable > and -current, but I haven't been able to test it under > -current (due to lack of a spare machine). Would someone > please give it a try and let me know if it compiles and >

Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1))

2002-11-16 Thread Oliver Fromme
Hi, I've submitted a small patch (bin/45333) for both -stable and -current, but I haven't been able to test it under -current (due to lack of a spare machine). Would someone please give it a try and let me know if it compiles and works? The patch adds an option -r to chown(8) and chgrp(1), which