Subject: Re: bin/16834
To: Jason R. Fink <jrf@adresearch.com>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/06/2002 18:24:55
Jason R. Fink wrote:
> > But isn't it convenient?
>
> I am sure it is, so, I guess my question is,
> if we add an option to a utility that is conformant,
> does that break conformance? If it doesn't, then I will
> play with adding -v and get the PR closed.
'Conforms' means that options which are in standard are implemented
in our utility, and that they work according to standard. You can
add additional flags and stay conformant.
cp -v would be handy occassionally.
Jaromir
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