Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:07:17 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not GNU cmp? Message-ID: <20080924230717.GE1889@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <28283d910809240805x788e8a52uda107bcea9459af9@mail.gmail.com> References: <873547.5011.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <20080924103109.b827bdaa.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <28283d910809240805x788e8a52uda107bcea9459af9@mail.gmail.com>
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--imjhCm/Pyz7Rq5F2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:05:19AM -0400, matt donovan wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>wr= ote: > > Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > I have noted FreeBSD uses GNU diff, GNU diff3 and GNU sdiff. Why Free= BSD > > uses its own version of cmp? why not use GNU cmp? Is the GNU cmp not > > compatible with FreeBSD? > > > > The GNU version of cmp is not licensed under the BSD license. > > > > Given enough time/manpower, all the GNU tools in FreeBSD will eventually > > be replaced with BSD-licensed versions. >=20 > and it's not GNU diff it's BSD diff Are you sure about that? I thought FreeBSD was using GNU diff as its standard diff, and that a BSD diff was only available through ports (thanks in part to the efforts of someone working on BSD-licensed text tools during this year's Google SOC). --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Larry Wall: "You can never entirely stop being what you once were. That's why it's important to be the right person today, and not put it off till tomorrow." --imjhCm/Pyz7Rq5F2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjayCUACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUpHACg3ZeT0DFQVL/IEMMSCAdrTXEo xWEAn2L5RhP/eceYwAc76QYq0AQ5D1+q =528z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --imjhCm/Pyz7Rq5F2--
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