From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 31 09:00:03 1994 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id JAA17927 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 31 Dec 1994 09:00:03 -0800 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.223.46]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA17921 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 1994 09:00:02 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA26652; Sat, 31 Dec 1994 08:59:41 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: time.cdrom.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Bruce Evans cc: dgy@seagull.rtd.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: sed bugs In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 01 Jan 95 02:53:30 +1100." <199412311553.CAA00522@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 08:59:40 -0800 Message-ID: <26651.788893180@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Most basic gnu utilities are clearly superior. I miss having a cp that > preserves symlinks, a mv that works across file systems in all cases, > a `locate' that supports multiple databases, ... Well, then by all means campaign for them and try to get them adopted! > The basic gnu utilities have some problems under 2.0. They don't > support new features such as file system flags and POSIXish symlinks. Assuming that this is dealt with somehow.. :-) Jordan