Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 23:27:48 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r309035 - in head/lib/libpathconv: . tests Message-ID: <20161127222748.uptaiumgvnyopzic@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20161127204305.GA58954@stack.nl> References: <201611230757.uAN7vqmC008888@repo.freebsd.org> <20161127204305.GA58954@stack.nl>
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--yrzfvtni7wfrptil Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 09:43:05PM +0100, Jilles Tjoelker wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 07:57:52AM +0000, Julian Elischer wrote: > > Author: julian > > Date: Wed Nov 23 07:57:52 2016 > > New Revision: 309035 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/309035 >=20 > > Log: > > This little BSD licensed library has been kicking around for years. > > It allows one to trivially convert an absolute path to a relative path > > and the reverse. The test programs themselves are very useful in scri= pts > > but the real use comes shortly with the -r and -a arguments to ln. > > These are sometimes known as the --relative and --absolute flags and > > can force a symlink to be relative when you only have an absolue path. > > Another place these are sometimes used is to add -a and -r args to 'r= ealpath'. > > Incredibly useful in Makefiles. >=20 > > I was going to just add the files in with 'ln' but a library makes mo= re sense. > > The test programs may come out in their own right some day for script= ing. >=20 > > released under a BSD 2-clause: > > * Copyright (c) 1997 Shigio Yamaguchi. All rights reserved. > > * Copyright (c) 1999 Tama Communications Corporation. All rights res= erved. >=20 > > The test directry does not conform to any framework. > > Not connected to build. > > doc people may want to play with the manual pages. >=20 > > Obtained from: https://www.tamacom.com/pathconvert.html Shigio Yama= guchi. > > MFC after: 1 month > > Relnotes: yes > > Sponsored by: Panzura, Tama Communications Corporation >=20 > Consider making this a static-only library or a part of an existing > library such as libc or libutil, since the overhead of a shared object > is rather big compared to the amount of code here. >=20 > Thanks for not linking this to the build right away. +1 seems like a good candidate for libutil Best regards, Bapt --yrzfvtni7wfrptil Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEgOTj3suS2urGXVU3Y4mL3PG3PloFAlg7XeEACgkQY4mL3PG3 PlqknhAAuqG1Llqsz2f4DaAviEm+/p9HzAKnQ6TeyXf5txYYK74aXFa4GbJdUsYC d6fmLbPgJEAMWBiKz8jmx+6vcVCNVtRpLXhZ+dLzzBhEUAZMJtmpFjYRpMg4A+vA 66mYd6tQHQHI27ua2X9Dgbzwtw5+gpuVDqJY1NHfg62vwfq5ToFuel/ACb57Ifk5 NjKzWxsnQE8mJ3/xUS4wKa873AIjvwz9njy4tMUNH9F3WmlQgIzr873d4jaRCQV4 9DzpgOk4XVHbuxzN62PxpN2FDa0bF/vVvGx03KlUljyAk3IiPefSbUBe6iqU/qcF 7WLJ7ya+/N6wNAMPzwtYykFTXfQDX4KhEmf0Ujti1SdtTQ4FpJBCzhS53YFKlXqm 4e0uYLCXyHxYitBeqi1wOEKCvPtWZhgNaENl7DWNui7IilZtQFsm3N+7jCVZ5mGW tcWouILfsi1mJ4YMay5qqw0E0wrG2YZ3r+g6Muk3f97vVqGNlzcACfM0O77hWlO7 p1kTV2QML0hccUV5HzlKAXrJIGYqoo+z1mg4Sh6HzAYNTAS4bz6xu6osydxvIQrG pi3F2PNOlcD/yDiL0iPUeZoA3VRa98yfcJcAdQ1ICgfkl1RGJMA6+oKDaV+H7LLV pxsAanwLE03iqCZlTJsxmbL04Uo2HMJXLlg5kPuRtaxxuZqtC2k= =NYpy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yrzfvtni7wfrptil--
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