From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Mar 9 2:30:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DCD937B400 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2002 02:30:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g29AU4t85167; Sat, 9 Mar 2002 02:30:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 02:30:04 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200203091030.g29AU4t85167@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "Matthew D. Fuller" Subject: Re: bin/35505: [PATCH] Feature enhancement for sed(1) Reply-To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/35505; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Bruce Evans Cc: Peter Pentchev , freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/35505: [PATCH] Feature enhancement for sed(1) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 04:28:03 -0600 On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 12:10:51AM +1100 I heard the voice of Bruce Evans, and lo! it spake thus: > > GNU had to keep [ef]grep for historical reasons. GNU zgrep has to have > a different name because it is a different utility (at least in the old > version of it in FreeBSD) -- it is an (unused in FreeBSD) shell script in > the gzip distribution. zgrep as part of grep is a FreeBSD hack, at least > in the version in FreeBSD. Even if it were part of GNU egrep, it would > have to have a link named zgrep for backwards compatibility. Well, that makes one vote for, and Bruce against. :) So, what's the procedure now? I guess we see if anybody with a commit bit likes it well enough to toss it in, and if not, close it and call it decided? -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message