From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 24 23:15:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 803301065690 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-104.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-104.bluehost.com [69.89.22.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 48C408FC14 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 20233 invoked by uid 0); 24 Sep 2008 23:15:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 24 Sep 2008 23:15:05 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=aWVgbzY0e/wjzRf3r6MUGD+eM4btOCT8G66nOV0SvytJ8pz8aFJ6wjMAIFxcX+47XN9bwQAWr1+7kcQD5m4PoiGUWZDRm4VzwDGM4WuzBqg5yVIu7G4jbEyz+Zu2+ruv; Received: from c-71-56-234-255.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.56.234.255] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KidZZ-0008DT-2n for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:15:05 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:07:17 -0600 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:07:17 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080924230717.GE1889@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <873547.5011.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <20080924103109.b827bdaa.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <28283d910809240805x788e8a52uda107bcea9459af9@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="imjhCm/Pyz7Rq5F2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <28283d910809240805x788e8a52uda107bcea9459af9@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 71.56.234.255 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Why not GNU cmp? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:15:08 -0000 --imjhCm/Pyz7Rq5F2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:05:19AM -0400, matt donovan wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Bill Moran wr= ote: > > Unga wrote: > > > > > > I have noted FreeBSD uses GNU diff, GNU diff3 and GNU sdiff. Why Free= BSD > > uses its own version of cmp? why not use GNU cmp? Is the GNU cmp not > > compatible with FreeBSD? > > > > The GNU version of cmp is not licensed under the BSD license. > > > > Given enough time/manpower, all the GNU tools in FreeBSD will eventually > > be replaced with BSD-licensed versions. >=20 > and it's not GNU diff it's BSD diff Are you sure about that? I thought FreeBSD was using GNU diff as its standard diff, and that a BSD diff was only available through ports (thanks in part to the efforts of someone working on BSD-licensed text tools during this year's Google SOC). --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Larry Wall: "You can never entirely stop being what you once were. That's why it's important to be the right person today, and not put it off till tomorrow." --imjhCm/Pyz7Rq5F2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjayCUACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUpHACg3ZeT0DFQVL/IEMMSCAdrTXEo xWEAn2L5RhP/eceYwAc76QYq0AQ5D1+q =528z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --imjhCm/Pyz7Rq5F2--