From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 25 02:56:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4986716A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 02:56:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout1.pacific.net.au (mailout1.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EBBC43D45 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 02:56:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bde@zeta.org.au) Received: from mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (mailproxy2.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.87])i2PAuD4u028907; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:56:13 +1100 Received: from gamplex.bde.org (katana.zip.com.au [61.8.7.246]) i2PAuBsg014439; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:56:12 +1100 Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:56:10 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans X-X-Sender: bde@gamplex.bde.org To: Garance A Drosihn In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040325214705.T36592@gamplex.bde.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding `pgrep' and `pkill' to /usr/bin X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:56:15 -0000 On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > I noticed the upcoming version of OpenBSD will add the commands > `pkill' and `pgrep', which they picked up from NetBSD. These > commands also exist in Solaris and Linux. Anyone mind if I add > them to FreeBSD? I'd just pick up the versions from NetBSD, and > make whatever changes are needed for them to work on FreeBSD. What's wrong with the pkill port? It has already been picked from NetBSD, and whatever changes are needed for it to work on FreeBSD have already been made (and pgrep is part of pkill). If you add this to /usr/bin instead of leaving it in ports, don't forget to do the same for doscmd and some other things that are only in ports. Bruce