Re: /etc/passwd : which software does support this ?
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 03:59:18AM +0200, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Herbert Xu wrote:
>
> BTW, about the issue of programs breaking on 50 out of the 100 different
> systems they normally run on: can't this be solved by some smart #ifdef's
> in the code? I'd think that if you write a patch that adds a good feature
> while not breaking other things, most upstream authors will accept it.
Sure, if it does not conflict with any of the other 250 #ifdef's you have in
to support all 100 operating systems (from zx spectrum [does anyone remember
those? I have one, is it valuable?] to Alpha station) ;)
Marcus
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