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Date:      Fri, 1 May 2015 23:00:49 +0200
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r282318 - in head: . gnu/usr.bin/groff/src/preproc tools/build/mk usr.bin usr.bin/soelim usr.bin/soeliminate
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On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 01:58:15PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 10:42:11PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 01:30:27PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 08:08:26PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > > > Author: bapt
> > > > Date: Fri May  1 20:08:25 2015
> > > > New Revision: 282318
> > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/282318
> > > >=20
> > > > Log:
> > > >   Replace groff's soelim by soeliminate(1) renamed soelim(1)
> > > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Given that soeliminate(1) does not implement 4 of the 5
> > > options available to soelim, how are these utilities at
> > > all compatiablity?
> > >=20
> > > src/UPDATING?
> >=20
> > I have not been able to find a single usage of soelim(1) that uses any =
of the
> > other options than the one I did implement in soeliminate otherwise I w=
ould have
> > implemented them.
>=20
> Your presuming that no user uses one or more of these options
> in their own projects.
>=20
> > UPDATING is not for when a user operation is needed while updating? her=
e it
> > should be transparent and I will implement all the missing bits if
> > incompatibilities are really found.
>=20
> UPDATING is for warning users that a gratuitious incompatible
> change has been introduced into the functionality once offered
> by the base system.
>=20
> 20150501:
>    soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by=20
>    usr.bin/soeliminate, which has reduced functionality.  If you
>    need a functional soelim(1), then install textproc/groff.=20

soelim(1) has multiple implementations, the version from groff is just "spe=
cial"
by adding plenty of options, all other implementation out there have 0 opti=
ons
incluing the original soelim(1)

Best regards,
Bapt

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