From owner-cvs-all Sat May 25 12:22:45 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 931) id BD74337B408; Sat, 25 May 2002 12:22:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 12:22:36 -0700 From: "J. Mallett" To: Mark Murray Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin Makefile src/gnu/usr.bin/ptx COPYING ChangeLog Makefile NEWS README THANKS TODO alloca.c argmatch.c bumpalloc.h check-out config.h diacrit.c diacrit.h error.c getopt.c getopt.h getopt1.c mkinstalldirs ptx.c xmalloc.c ... Message-ID: <20020525122236.A2685@FreeBSD.ORG> References: <20020525110209.A93802@FreeBSD.ORG> <200205251917.g4PJHGCa069209@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200205251917.g4PJHGCa069209@grimreaper.grondar.org>; from mark@grondar.za on Sat, May 25, 2002 at 08:17:16PM +0100 Organisation: The FreeBSD Project X-Alternate-Addresses: , X-Affiliated-Projects: FreeBSD, xMach, ircd-hybrid-7 X-Towel: Yes Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * From Mark Murray > > > It was ``used'' to build the indices for the printed volumes of manual > > > pages. See src/share/man/man0. > > > > Why don't we bring in BSD ptx then? Can't it do the job? > > Beacause it is not even used during a "make release", and it would > only be used during a "make release"-like exercise when documentation > was being prepared for printing. At that time, we'd be using zillions > of ports anyway, so why not bring in ports/textproc/textutils and use > gptx? I was unaware of the facts :) > > Better to have crufty BSD software we seldom use than crufty+bloated GNU > > software we seldom use. > > It was crufty old unused GNU code that I deleted with no loss to > the system whatsoever. If you wanna bring in BSD ptx, be my guest. > You'll need to find a use for it :-) No, that's okay, I find myself having to do enough of that these days :> -- J. Mallett FreeBSD: The Power To Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message