Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!unmvax.cs.unm.edu!mike From: mike@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: gethostent call in readline.c Message-ID: <144@unmvax.unm.edu> Date: 14 Jun 89 17:04:54 GMT References: <142@unmvax.unm.edu> <8906141530.AA11840@aurel.caltech.edu> Sender: news@unmvax.unm.edu Reply-To: mike@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell) Distribution: gnu Organization: University of No Money, Albuquerque, New Mexico Lines: 16 In article <8906141530.AA11840@aurel.caltech.edu> bfox@ai.mit.edu writes: >I don't understand why this discussion is taking place publicly. It is >not a discussion on a bug in bash, it isn't even a philisophical >discussion about bash. It sounds like two guys arguing over facts, I apologize. My original posting was an attempt to point out a bug in bash which prevented its compilation on 4.3 BSD using the normal libraries. When I was treated like a little child who didn't know which way was up, I reacted rather profusely. Michael I. Bushnell \ This above all; to thine own self be true GIG! \ And it must follow, as the night the day, mike@turing.cs..unm.edu /\ Thou canst not be false to any man. Snail mail: 87196-4292 / \ Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!