Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman | Date | Sun, 28 Mar 1999 20:55:20 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
| |
In message <ADBGi_saFO@khim.sch57.msk.ru>, "Khimenko Victor" writes: +----- | In <7dko67$3uf$1@palladium.transmeta.com> H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com) | wrote: | > Actually it is: true and false are supposed to IGNORE their command | > lines. I consider "true --help" and "true --version" to be BUGS. | | Hmmm.... Why tru and false should ignore their coomand lines ? If you want | something to be ignored then why to supply it's at all ? +--->8
Because that way you can substitute "true" for a command to stub it out (useful in e.g. Makefiles).
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |