From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 24 18:56:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA52416A408 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:56:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaiwang27@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF1213C455 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:56:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaiwang27@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b27so1623804fka.11 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:56:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:x-authentication-warning:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=l1p1Prjw2ktWmhkFgoILOMILqGrewKnCPYnRyrI8cJg=; b=cDh4i0KQ9XzeyU0T0L2dygSmemoVP2+Pn88HthGR+nOzf9LpBquWRuBsWzxxiPz0SVQwoQffPgH4YTRy8oEmYXdoT6d6oQSblWaEFkPJzxRQwB8kLesc6bkK7QakoRLk6F/z6kuG0bm4ZIHBpvA5FASUZxJbIoG3ZNI8gSs8btc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=qHzJRMrRXyJEbTtj1RJ5WiPPIE9Q5j4kKHXJPFTuHat46IUNmXr5oJ/AJ0GDsdLlP24AIsjsw8Kff9AOsY5SJkgGNClkB/xJRq6HnQWOSAFCalwN8Dg1LT3/1UwhbItcuDEah1eN6kdaEFj6NPeKkgoAjlJUsdrhbTvslqKmChQ= Received: by 10.82.161.19 with SMTP id j19mr3802862bue.0.1203879364570; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:56:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se ( [193.11.244.12]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q9sm3400777gve.10.2008.02.24.10.56.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:56:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se) by plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1JTM11-0003uh-5N; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:55:59 +0100 Received: (from kaffir@localhost) by plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m1OItx0v015046; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:55:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from kaiwang27@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se: kaffir set sender to kaiwang27@gmail.com using -f Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:55:59 +0100 From: Kai Wang To: obrien@freebsd.org, Ruslan Ermilov , "Dag-Erling C. Smorgrav" , Joseph Koshy , current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080224185559.GA15015@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> Mail-Followup-To: obrien@freebsd.org, Ruslan Ermilov , "Dag-Erling C. Smorgrav" , Joseph Koshy , current@freebsd.org References: <20080221152549.GB21518@team.vega.ru> <20080221173150.GA93693@dragon.NUXI.org> <20080222070728.GA56282@team.vega.ru> <20080222091642.GB57428@team.vega.ru> <20080222093234.GB17107@dragon.NUXI.org> <20080222102409.GD57428@team.vega.ru> <20080222105413.GD94607@team.vega.ru> <20080222170007.GA2622@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> <20080224181004.GC21162@dragon.NUXI.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080224181004.GC21162@dragon.NUXI.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] ar(1) front-end committed. (notes for cross compile) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:56:06 -0000 On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:10:04AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 06:00:07PM +0100, Kai Wang wrote: > > Would it be better if we call them gar and granlib? Solaris did > > that. Also if I remember correctly, some ports probes gar. We also > > call GNU make as gmake... > > Why do we want > > I don't like "gar" as that is pronounceable to the point I could easily > see that being the real name of an existing program. Yes, you've got a good point. Actually I'm fine with either way... > Also, why do we want ports using gnu-ar specifically vs. what ever is our > native 'ar'? If our native 'ar' isn't up to the task, we shouldn't be > doing this endeavor at all.