From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 30 13:56:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D706106566B for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:56:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdivacky@vlk.vlakno.cz) Received: from vlakno.cz (77-93-215-190.static.masterinter.net [77.93.215.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 472ED8FC13 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:56:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vlakno.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id E979F9CB0EC; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:08 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at vlakno.cz Received: from vlakno.cz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lev.vlakno.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MtCIXgU15HJn; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from vlk.vlakno.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vlakno.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C4DE9CB3D9; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:06 +0100 (CET) Received: (from rdivacky@localhost) by vlk.vlakno.cz (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n9UDt6EQ070120; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rdivacky) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:06 +0100 From: Roman Divacky To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" Message-ID: <20091030135506.GA69931@freebsd.org> References: <20091029215312.GA34302@freebsd.org> <20091030102131.T91695@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091030102131.T91695@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: FreeBSD current mailing list Subject: Re: [RFC]: m4 update X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:56:02 -0000 On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:25:34AM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Roman Divacky wrote: > > >hi > > > >I made a patch that updates our in-tree m4 to the version from OpenBSD. > >Their version contains some gnu extensions and generally is modernized > >and rewritten. > > > >The patch (you have to in src/usr.bin/m4 for it to apply): > > > > > > http://vlakno.cz/~rdivacky/m4.patch > > > > > >I added their ohash* implementation to the m4 subdir as it uses it. I > >am not sure this is the correct way but it works for now. > > > >So the question is - do we want this at all? If so, is this the way we > >want it? > > > >I am open to all comments, thank you! > > The only comment I have at this point is that this is a huge update to > a somewhat fragile tool. It'll need a lot of testing before it should > be comitted this way; not sure how many ports use this rather than gm4 > or if they could be switched over after that. I'd at least ask portmgr > for an exp run. yes.. I already have one exp ports build queued for unzip enabling. I also kind of hoped that people would test this patch if I announce it ;) fwiw - netbsd and openbsd use this version of m4