Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:28:22 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: Sergey Lyubka <valenok@gmail.com> Subject: Re: pcre in base system Message-ID: <20050217192822.GA85506@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20050217185422.GJ57256@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <72c3a957050217031230598f63@mail.gmail.com> <86zmy3qmm2.wl%sf@FreeBSD.org> <72c3a957050217065223729f83@mail.gmail.com> <20050217185422.GJ57256@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 05:54:22AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > Overall, I'd prefer to see the base system become more minimal with > greater reliance on ports. An interesting approach could be to > break out regex(3) from libc and allow base utilities to use shared > libraries from ports - this would allow someone to install the pcre > port and have the base sed(1) use it. Uh, no. /usr/src should be self-contained. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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