Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:51:36 +0100 From: Adrian Wontroba <aw1@stade.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/6950 Message-ID: <19980617015136.D29516@stade.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199806161923.MAA27001@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Matthew Hunt on Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 12:23:06PM -0700 References: <199806161923.MAA27001@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 12:23:06PM -0700, Matthew Hunt wrote: > Synopsis: new port, GNU textutils > > 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. A good point. The only ones I routinely use interactively are gfmt (slightly better formatting) and gtail -f <files> to watch the end of multiple files. I have been burnt in the past with software which assumes that the standard versions are the GNU ones. I think that smartlist (the mailing list add-on for procmail) used to do this. -- Adrian Wontroba, Stade Computers Limited. phone: (+44) 121 681 6677 Mail info@accu.org for information about the Association of C and C++ Users or see <http://www.accu.org/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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