From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Dec 20 0:29:11 2000 From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 20 00:29:09 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEE0937B400; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 00:29:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eBK8T7s17782; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:29:08 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id BAA07311; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:29:07 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200012200829.BAA07311@harmony.village.org> To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gensetdefs using sh(1),sed(1),grep(1) and awk(1) Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 Dec 2000 00:23:34 PST." <20001220002334.B41741@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20001220002334.B41741@dragon.nuxi.com> <20001219233816.H19572@fw.wintelcom.net> <3A405A43.5C10697C@cup.hp.com> <20001219233816.H19572@fw.wintelcom.net> <200012200810.BAA07142@harmony.village.org> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:29:07 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: imp@harmony.village.org Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20001220002334.B41741@dragon.nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes: : On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:10:21AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: : > Agreed. perl is required to build the kernel. : : A true mistake that needs to be undone. kobj will likely never be rewritten in sh. So until someone writes the .m -> .[ch] conversion program, we're stuck with perl. kobj isn't going away any time soon... I don't see what the big deal is in requiring perl is anyway. What makes it different than awk or sh or sed? Sure, it postdates them, but all these are in the base system. Why not use the best, fastest tool for the job? Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message