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Date:      Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:23:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        aw1@stade.co.uk, mph@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, mph@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports/6950
Message-ID:  <199806161923.MAA27001@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Synopsis: new port, GNU textutils

State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: mph
State-Changed-When: Tue Jun 16 15:19:36 EDT 1998
State-Changed-Why: 
Imported, thanks!

> Is there some blindingly obvious reason why this has seemingly
> never been done before?

My guess:  These utilities are most often used in scripting, and the
enhancements found in the GNU set of tools do not outweigh the need to
have the tools installed; I suspect most people would instead code
for the functionality subset that is available on the most platforms.


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-ports->mph
Responsible-Changed-By: mph
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Jun 16 15:19:36 EDT 1998
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