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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 20:12:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: command known as blast has no command line flags

>Number:         53994
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       command known as blast has no command line flags
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 01 20:20:07 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:    Wed Jul 02 23:48:56 PDT 2003
>Last-Modified:  Wed Jul 02 23:48:56 PDT 2003
>Originator:     Peter Leftwich
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Video2Video Services
>Environment:
AMD Athlon 600, the OS is listed above, not much else relevant!
>Description:

To: Daniel Dee <ddee@vicorp.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 19:53:29 -0700 (PDT)

Hi.  I just made an alias called blanknow which runs xset dpms force
standby whee!  And it works!  And in testing the command, I discovered I
have blast installed.

There are no flags to this program?  I tried -display :0 and --display :0
and neither worked.  Please help!

MAIL BOUNCES BACK FROM ddee@vicorp.com as listed on manpage!!

>How-To-Repeat:

man 1 blast
echo "test" | mail -s test ddee@vicorp.com
>Fix:

N/A

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Peter Leftwich
President & Founder, Video2Video Services
Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA
http://Www.Video2Video.Com

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: adamw 
State-Changed-When: Tue Jul 1 20:35:26 PDT 2003 
State-Changed-Why:  
What's the point of this PR, Peter? 

I know you wouldn't knowingly submit a PR to FreeBSD just because 
a silly program in the ports tree doesn't have a commandline argument 
that you wish it had. 

Don't just copy in an email that you sent to someone else. Explain -- 
in plain English -- what the problem is, and what you want FreeBSD to 
do about it. 

Remember, Peter, that FreeBSD has absolutely nothing to do with  
a third-party program. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=53994 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: adamw 
State-Changed-When: Wed Jul 2 23:45:46 PDT 2003 
State-Changed-Why:  
If the author of blast isn't reading his email, chances are he isn't 
tracking the FreeBSD PR database. While some FreeBSD committers 
might agree with you on this, adding commandline arguments into 
somebody else's programs is not what the FreeBSD ports tree is there 
for. 

If I meet up with the author someday, I'll be sure to let him know that 
blast could use some commandline arguments. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=53994 
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