FreeBSD port (52): platform dependent utmp comparison

Thomas Bushnell, BSG tb@becket.net
Fri Sep 20 15:28:00 GMT 2002


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.



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