Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:16:03 +0100 From: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Oleg Moskalenko <oleg.moskalenko@citrix.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: new BSD-licensed sort available Message-ID: <4F666CB3.9050107@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokUV8t3W4CueZuiZC7e=FuVtFu1jq54V_NpRc79-3QG=w@mail.gmail.com> References: <4F60C059.7060904@FreeBSD.org> <CAJ-VmokUV8t3W4CueZuiZC7e=FuVtFu1jq54V_NpRc79-3QG=w@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 2012.03.14. 22:10, Adrian Chadd wrote: > So you could intall gnusort, bsdsort, and then some config file would > determine which was used. > > 'sort' would then be a symlink to said magic program, that'd look at > its argv[0], look at the contents of that file, and exec() the right > one. I prefer simplicity. And GNU sort should go as soon as BSD sort is good enough to replace it. If you check the wiki, we have set a goal for 10.X, which is the GPL-free base system. I think it is possible and I hope we can achieve it. Gabor
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4F666CB3.9050107>