Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:28:19 +0100 From: Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: =?utf-8?Q?Stefan_E=C3=9Fer?= <se@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r363091 - in head/contrib/bc: . include manuals src tests tests/bc Message-ID: <DECD68BB-F720-4CA1-A774-31A4307B24B9@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20200730162009.rnjs6l5rjqsoiqpq@ivaldir.net> References: <202007110733.06B7XJrp033777@repo.freebsd.org> <20200730162009.rnjs6l5rjqsoiqpq@ivaldir.net>
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On 30 Jul 2020, at 17:20, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 07:33:19AM +0000, Stefan E=C3=9Fer wrote: >> Author: se >> Date: Sat Jul 11 07:33:18 2020 >> New Revision: 363091 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/363091 >>=20 >> Log: >> Update to version 3.1.3 >>=20 > Jumping on that commit, since the switch from our previous bc. >=20 > The output of the interactive bc has changed, the previous version had = a clean > UI, the new version "pollutes" the output with plenty of lines about = the > copyright: >=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D > Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Gavin D. Howard and contributors > Report bugs at: https://git.yzena.com/gavin/bc >=20 > This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > =3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > Imagine if all programs where doing that, it would be painful, do you = think > upstream can be convinced to remove those lines? >=20 > I no the GNU version also has the same polluted output which was one = of the > reason I was happy with out previous version of bc. By default both will print such a banner if and only if being called interactively. You can disable the banner explicitly with -q/--quiet for both GNU bc and this bc. I agree it's a bit noisy and would be nicer to not have that printed, but it's not without precedent for REPL-like things. Jess
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