Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman

Riley Williams (rhw@BigFoot.Com)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 19:32:36 +0000 (GMT)


Hi Albert.

> Check out /bin/false sometime. It is almost 100% bloat.

Enclosed are both /bin/false and /bin/true from the system I'm running
on (RedHat 5.0 with kernel 2.2.4 - not my system though), and neither
appears to be much in the way of bloat to me...

===8<=== /bin/false ===>8===
#!/bin/sh
exit 1
===8<=== CUT ===>8===

===8<=== /bin/true ===>8===
#!/bin/sh
exit 0
===8<=== CUT ===>8===

Where's the bloat?

Best wishes from Riley.

+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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* ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
* http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html

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