From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Tue Jul 3 04:59:16 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FBEFFFA780 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 04:59:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4AED8BB66 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 04:59:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 6BA64FFA77B; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 04:59:15 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58A90FFA77A for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 04:59:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-yb0-x22d.google.com (mail-yb0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c09::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4C0B8BB64 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 04:59:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: by mail-yb0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id r3-v6so244214ybo.4 for ; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:59:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=4SHewrWmOZOFCg8p74RTW/wOHzElYVbct3uOmFGaEXk=; b=C7bjyibNLzZeuDFThJ0k3P2ZwcolECyJ/4L5I8oatmJVSJLqZ4BtCydbV/At813cVU LPkZK5WbOXPn/XzZwTlm4qixQugy4p94Xy/oj7AsIUgGFY9f0LYCxO1UXHTg6LaPTVCl o4VYCljg75UrdHD+WJPa+qlCgk5gRiW9QmrCI= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=4SHewrWmOZOFCg8p74RTW/wOHzElYVbct3uOmFGaEXk=; b=aFb2F8PZ9qigw+rmL6YN4CnCyi/ut/9WwrcpmX+3ipCgeW2rKqyk3WVBnqh9H3Mini augiYCT0Qe/VkzpZxJYFk74wqUXtFOKFbxPdTjv+qH9qkzqSEBnyrFIlxxAEaTThZ6+h NJiYv1xEJftxw0lhPuIInln5ycHxZCmr4oCSH5AcLz+BDHcremYfOqJiag/qwvuUVHn5 sgAUIsOkAsdFc91tr31GT5XyV0S+mthcPG6/hKFwqvZLQQPnkcjSFyxHjlargsWRNuUC L9HXXvinu3veBhA8nzNo6Nt8X7wScLySus5DvIvwdOT9MxoNkJrBWu23GjtziwvXGqEw mdWQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E2QriE/2AvaBJNEmH82xEKsiEJSDeQZ0otzU/dAD6sTlZdl/rVd bU70ovLz1m2RGgzbjdeGQsZKkAniLUPsDCOj5fBEbA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKKFcLm9c/c/d8jfWd2v01FA15NEvjx3hG3XzZADdE2t2Rc0L9OMm50QgevLvs7KQWIf2PjjsxHHKx00L17dpeQ= X-Received: by 2002:a25:730c:: with SMTP id o12-v6mr13864453ybc.69.1530593954069; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:59:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a25:870e:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Jul 2018 21:58:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 21:58:43 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: xstr, mkstr To: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 04:59:16 -0000 On 24 June 2018 at 02:51, Eitan Adler wrote: > Why are these tools in base? As far as I could tell these tools are > un-used in the build process and otherwise specialized tools. Is there > any reason we still have them in the toolchain or in base? Anyone? They don't cause acute problems, but having specialized and specific tools like this don't seem like they belong. -- Eitan Adler