Re: backward compatability of tools

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Paul Eggert wrote:

> "Dr. David Kirkby" <address@hidden> writes:
> This is not a question of invalid user input.  This is a question of
> bugs in the operating system.  Autoconf-generated scripts, no matter
> how well-written, cannot survive arbitrary OS bugs.

typical response from Eggert (would be nice if he didn't keep making
excuses, but you're not likely to find it changing).

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