Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:18:52 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: m4 (was Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package?) Message-ID: <44fx93y52r.fsf_-_@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20091027234600.A93064@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> (Lars Eighner's message of "Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:46:07 -0500 (CDT)") References: <4AE5F897.3000103@rawbw.com> <200910270916.31033.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <20091027021723.M88213@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <b79ecaef0910270216q14421922w4acf62103322c16a@mail.gmail.com> <20091027142502.Q91143@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <b79ecaef0910271341y1aea61a6pd7bcd6c96855da64@mail.gmail.com> <20091027191626.T92033@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <57d710000910271741p7429d4feh150ecbe6cddd3d2e@mail.gmail.com> <20091027202430.X92294@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <87d448wamy.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20091027234600.A93064@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> writes: > On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:24:38 -0500 (CDT), Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> wrote: >>> Evidently by making it necessary to learn yet another scripting >>> language to configure it. Other than personal profit I cannot see why >>> people are clinging like grim death to something this fubar. Really, >>> let's go past this one more time: >>> >>> "Sure, sendmail.cf is hard to work with so the solution is you learn m4!" >>> >>> Did you look at the link he offered? How helpful is that? >>> >>> Beside which, m4 is a PORT. So if sendmail is not configurable >>> without a port, why isn't it a port? >> >> Can we go back to our regular hacking, please? m4 is not a port: >> >> $ which m4 >> /usr/bin/m4 > > Evidently my package database is corrupt in some way, because it shows m4 as > an installed port. I wonder how that happened, how to fix it, and if it > will bite if I leave it alone. The port one is the Gnu version. The base system one is the traditional one that goes back to the AT&T days, although it has been updated to meet POSIX. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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