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Re: FreeBSD port (52): platform dependent utmp comparison
- From: tb at becket dot net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>, Bruno Haible <bruno at clisp dot org>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 20 Sep 2002 15:29:42 -0700
- Subject: Re: FreeBSD port (52): platform dependent utmp comparison
- References: <200209202214.g8KME1W07096@magilla.sf.frob.com><3D8BA052.4060203@redhat.com>
Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:
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> > Your opinion on this does not matter. Only the opinions of lawyers matter.
> > Many years ago the FSF laywer at the time said to follow the conventions
> > I've said.
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> That's bullshit. I'm not making the code less readable. The two
> digit notation is a US thing. Almost nobody else uses it. It
> therefore cannot be acceptable.
If you don't want two-digit notation, don't use it. But it is a legal
requirement not to use ranges.