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On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 03:19:51PM -0400, David Maxwell wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 09:22:38AM -0500, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Julio Merino wrote:
> > > For example, why colorls is in pkgsrc when it could be a part of the =
base
> > > system, like in FreeBSD?
> >=20
> > Probably because it's hideous and distracting, and no one likes it. :-)
>=20
> It causes a stat of every file in the directory, to determine the type,
> 	etc, while normal ls just reads the dir (unless you do -l, etc)

colorls just reads the dir, unless you do -G, etc.

>=20
> =09
> --=20
> David Maxwell, david@vex.net|david@maxwell.net --> Mastery of UNIX, like
> mastery of language, offers real freedom. The price of freedom is always =
dear,
> but there's no substitute. Personally, I'd rather pay for my freedom than=
 live
> in a bitmapped, pop-up-happy dungeon like NT. - Thomas Scoville=20

--=20
Of course it runs NetBSD - http://www.netbsd.org
Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org>

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