Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:20:27 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RMS says: "Use BSD, for goodness sake!" Message-ID: <20030626122023.GB763@nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20030626115133.GA57378@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030625214311.00e5e240@localhost> <20030626010357.J508@hub.org> <20030626110336.GW34365@iconoplex.co.uk> <20030626113553.GA53078@packet.org.uk> <20030626115133.GA57378@iconoplex.co.uk>
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--cvVnyQ+4j833TQvp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2003.06.26 12:51:33 +0100, Paul Robinson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 12:35:53PM +0100, Peter McGarvey wrote: >=20 > > But as awk is usually available on other Unixes, I'm apt to rely on it's > > existance. So I'd hate to see it go. >=20 > There is nothing stopping it being a port/package. Actually there is. awk is a part of IEEE Std 1003.1, so if we want FreeBSD to be, or at least as much as possible, a real UNIX it can't be removed. It is also used quite a bit in the build system, espcially since perl was removed. > The more I look at that list though, the more of them I think could be=20 > pulled out as external packages/ports If you are willing to go through all the bikesheding you can try :-). --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --cvVnyQ+4j833TQvp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE++uUH8kocFXgPTRwRAnrhAKCe7i/96Lr51wfG/XqVh6QhGJTigQCfZu7P rmq1Rw9tsP85/Zhvk4dh6MI= =ZY6y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cvVnyQ+4j833TQvp--
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