Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:23:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Hunt <mph@FreeBSD.ORG> To: aw1@stade.co.uk, mph@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, mph@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/6950 Message-ID: <199806161923.MAA27001@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: new port, GNU textutils State-Changed-From-To: open-closed State-Changed-By: mph State-Changed-When: Tue Jun 16 15:19:36 EDT 1998 State-Changed-Why: Imported, thanks! > Is there some blindingly obvious reason why this has seemingly > never been done before? My guess: These utilities are most often used in scripting, and the enhancements found in the GNU set of tools do not outweigh the need to have the tools installed; I suspect most people would instead code for the functionality subset that is available on the most platforms. Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-ports->mph Responsible-Changed-By: mph Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Jun 16 15:19:36 EDT 1998 Responsible-Changed-Why: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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