Re: Versions of chfn
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:11:08PM -0600, gk4@us.ibm.com wrote:
> >Should we also be standardising this field and what optional portions
> >are permitted?
> Perhaps we should just specify the command arguments that correctly change
> the GECOS field, but not explicity say anything about the file format
> itself; therefore, "-o" would not be valid.
We should make a comment that the "-o" switch is non-standard and
should be awaited to do the wrong thing.
If we want to take sides, (I do not) we agreed to stick to
the shadow suite in the SF meeting.
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