MIME-ifying sysctl types

[Ivan Voras]

Eric Anderson wrote:

> How about adding a -m switch to sysctl that outputs the MIME compatible
> format, leaving the other formats unchanged to avoid breaking something
> someone is expecting?

I don't think it's a good idea because it either means adding another
"format-like" field in the kernel or adding a translation table in the
sysctl program, and both are bad hacks.

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