Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:07:29 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Importing tradcpp (traditional (K&R-style) C macro preprocessor) into base? Message-ID: <14320.1371028049@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <20130611221124.GC84600@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20130611221124.GC84600@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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In message <20130611221124.GC84600@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>, Baptiste Daroussin w rites: >I have been working in importing tradcpp (developped by David A. Holland from >NetBSD) into the ports tree, it is a traditional (K&R-style) C macro >preprocessor BSD licensed. I first worked on it so that imake can work properly >without gcc. As a user of certain antique X11 apps, I applaud this effort. >I discovered that some part of the base system still needs a traditional >preprocessor, like (calendar), what I propose it to import tradcpp into the base >system (not the version in port right now but what will become version 0.2). However, I think these programs should be fixed, rather than put tradcpp in the src tree. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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