Re: a nit, however....

1999-01-31 Thread Archie Cobbs
Brian Feldman writes: > > any reason why the kernel "config" program shouldn't > > be changed to dramatically reduce the requirement for > > the silling quoting of option values??? if an option > > needs embedded whitespace, but other than that, > > is there any reason other than historical for >

Re: a nit, however....

1999-01-31 Thread Mike O'Dell
actually, i was there when Sam Leffler first wrote "config" and that was never the intention, and that proposed fix would be astoundingly silly -mo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message

Re: a nit, however....

1999-01-31 Thread Brian Feldman
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Mike O'Dell wrote: > > any reason why the kernel "config" program shouldn't > be changed to dramatically reduce the requirement for > the silling quoting of option values??? if an option > needs embedded whitespace, but other than that, > is there any reason other than histo

a nit, however....

1999-01-31 Thread Mike O'Dell
any reason why the kernel "config" program shouldn't be changed to dramatically reduce the requirement for the silling quoting of option values??? if an option needs embedded whitespace, but other than that, is there any reason other than historical for the silliness about nubmers, etc??