Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 14:17:35 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> 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 Message-ID: <20150501211735.GA44638@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20150501210049.GX13141@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> References: <201505012008.t41K8QUk048909@svn.freebsd.org> <20150501203027.GA44320@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20150501204210.GV13141@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20150501205815.GA44481@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20150501210049.GX13141@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
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On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 11:00:49PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > Log: > > > > > Replace groff's soelim by soeliminate(1) renamed soelim(1) > > > > > > > > > > > > > Given that soeliminate(1) does not implement 4 of the 5 > > > > options available to soelim, how are these utilities at > > > > all compatiablity? > > > > > > > > src/UPDATING? > > > > > > 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 would have > > > implemented them. > > > > Your presuming that no user uses one or more of these options > > in their own projects. > > > > > UPDATING is not for when a user operation is needed while updating? here it > > > should be transparent and I will implement all the missing bits if > > > incompatibilities are really found. > > > > UPDATING is for warning users that a gratuitious incompatible > > change has been introduced into the functionality once offered > > by the base system. > > > > 20150501: > > soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by > > usr.bin/soeliminate, which has reduced functionality. If you > > need a functional soelim(1), then install textproc/groff. > > soelim(1) has multiple implementations, the version from groff is just "special" > by adding plenty of options, all other implementation out there have 0 options > incluing the original soelim(1) > All those other implementations of soelim(1) were not the one offered by FreeBSD. -- Steve
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