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Date:      Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:55:42 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: RFC: Replacing bc/dc to BSDL versions
Message-ID:  <4A25679E.5060305@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4A246C4D.6080409@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <4A246C4D.6080409@FreeBSD.org>

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Gabor Kovesdan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> as you might know, I'm working on a BSDL grep. It isn't totally ready
> yet, because there are compatibility issues, which I have to resolve.
> But looking at another BSDL tools, I've found out that OpenBSD has BSDL
> bc and dc utilities. I've thought of replacing them. I think in the
> bc/dc case, such a strict GNU compatibility isn't necessary as in the
> case of grep, so we may replace them in base system. If there's no
> objection to replacing them, I'll post a patch for review.

No objection, just a head's up that mergemaster uses bc so please be
sure to test that as part of your process.


Doug



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