On 7 Feb 2007, at 21:56, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

>
> Module Name:	src
> Committed By:	tls
> Date:		Wed Feb  7 21:56:08 UTC 2007
>
> Modified Files:
> 	src/bin: Makefile
> 	src/bin/l: Makefile cmp.c extern.h ls.c ls.h print.c stat_flags.c
> 	    util.c
> 	src/distrib/sets/lists/base: mi
> Added Files:
> 	src/bin/l: l.1
> Removed Files:
> 	src/bin/l: ls.1
>
> Log Message:
> Many users needlessly maintain the alias 'l' (or 'll') for 'ls - 
> l'.  We
> should ease the burden on our users and supply a default system  
> which is
> modern and has a full complement of the features they expect (or  
> even some
> they don't -- more features don't hurt any one after all).
>
> Suggested by perry@ in <87wt2uxhbx.fsf@snark.piermont.com> and  
> submitted
> for discussion to some NetBSD developers, who suggested that rather  
> than
> my own idiosyncratic 'll', 'l' was a much better name.
>
> It may prove possible to merge this code with 'ls' in the future.
>
>
> To generate a diff of this commit:
> cvs rdiff -r1.19 -r1.20 src/bin/Makefile
> cvs rdiff -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2 src/bin/l/Makefile src/bin/l/cmp.c \
>     src/bin/l/extern.h src/bin/l/ls.c src/bin/l/ls.h src/bin/l/ 
> print.c \
>     src/bin/l/stat_flags.c src/bin/l/util.c
> cvs rdiff -r0 -r1.1 src/bin/l/l.1
> cvs rdiff -r1.1.1.1 -r0 src/bin/l/ls.1
> cvs rdiff -r1.685 -r1.686 src/distrib/sets/lists/base/mi
>
> Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
> copyright notices on the relevant files.
>

That is completely pathetic. Very childish - has to be said.

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		Liam J. Foy
		<liamjfoy@netbsd.org>