Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin
To: Antti Kantee <pooka@cs.hut.fi>
From: Elad Efrat <e@murder.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 06/21/2007 18:32:35
Antti Kantee wrote:
> On Thu Jun 21 2007 at 18:11:21 +0300, Elad Efrat wrote:
>>> Log Message:
>>> Add the newgrp(1) utility, which changes effective group ID. This
>>> is a POSIX (IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 / Open Group Base Specifications
>>> Issue 6) User Portability Utility.
>> where was this proposed?
>
> It's an utility for POSIX compliance as indicated. Are you seriously
> suggesting we should have a discussion for every change towards POSIX
> compliance?
>
> As a purely personal remark, I'm glad we finally have newgrp(1), as I've
> missed it on a couple occasions.
>
I don't really care about newgrp, I was thinking more along the lines of
"is there a mailing list where such things are discussed that I don't
follow?" -- I only follow the ones I thought are "active"...
-e.