Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc/etc
To: None <yamt@netbsd.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 08/21/2001 12:18:06
YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@netbsd.org> writes:
> chown user.group -> chown user:group
> 
> according to cvs log of basesrc/etc/etc.sun3/ttyaction and
> archive of source-changes, it was backed out with MAKEDEV
> because of portability issue.
> but i think ttyaction doesn't have that issue as it's never
> executed on non-NetBSD environment.

In general, user:group is the portable construct. user.group is not
portable.

Perry
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