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Date:      Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:34:20 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Pete Fritchman <petef@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils Makefile ports/sysutils/mkfile Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/sysutils/mkfile/files patch-Makefile
Message-ID:  <20020305173420.A74906@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020305200742.B80278@databits.net>; from petef@databits.net on Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 08:07:42PM -0500
References:  <200203051742.g25Hghi15376@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020305164050.A74189@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020305200742.B80278@databits.net>

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On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 08:07:42PM -0500, Pete Fritchman wrote:
> ++ 05/03/02 16:40 -0800 - Kris Kennaway:
> | >   Log:
> | >   Add mkfile 1.0, create files suitable for use as swap files.
> |=20
> | What can this do that truncate(1) cannot already do?
> |=20
> | Kris
>=20
> Hmm, well, I've never seen it before and nobody brought it up on -ports
> a while ago when I asked why this port was necessary.  One advantage is
> that there is an identical command in Solaris, but I'm not sure how
> important that is...

Personally, I think that unless there are functional differences it
should be removed..

Kris

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