Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 02:53:30 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: dgy@seagull.rtd.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: sed bugs Message-ID: <199412311553.CAA00522@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>No overriding reason.. Our rule of thumb is to take a BSD tool (or
>non GPL'd, at least) if it's equivalent to the GNU tool. If a GNU
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ if it sort of works
>tool is the only or clearly superior solution, we have no problem with
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^delete
>adopting it..
Most basic gnu utilities are clearly superior. I miss having a cp that
preserves symlinks, a mv that works across file systems in all cases,
a `locate' that supports multiple databases, ...
The basic gnu utilities have some problems under 2.0. They don't
support new features such as file system flags and POSIXish symlinks.
Bruce
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