Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 10:45:09 +0700 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> To: Garance A Drosehn <gad@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/patch - Imported sources Message-ID: <20040802034509.GB81089@regency.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <200408012045.i71KjtFX087582@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200408012045.i71KjtFX087582@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 08:45:55PM +0000, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > gad 2004-08-01 20:45:55 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > src/usr.bin/patch - Imported sources > Update of /home/ncvs/src/usr.bin/patch > In directory repoman.freebsd.org:/tmp/cvs-serv87568 > > Log Message: > Import of a BSD-licensed version of `patch', which will eventually > replace the version we currently have in src/gnu/usr.bin/patch/. > Among other things, this version includes a --posix option for strict > POSIX conformance. > > This version is the current source from OpenBSD as of today. It is > their 3.5-release, plus a few updates to patch.c and pch.c that they > made about three weeks ago. May I ask why you preferred OpenBSD's version over NetBSD's? It was shown in the past that OpenBSD's way of doing thing is a bit rough on the edges sometimes (humanize_number(3) vs. fmt_scaled(3) and scan_scaled(3), ftw(3) and nftw(3), etc). ./danfe
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