Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:34:20 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Pete Fritchman <petef@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils Makefile ports/sysutils/mkfile Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/sysutils/mkfile/files patch-Makefile Message-ID: <20020305173420.A74906@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020305200742.B80278@databits.net>; from petef@databits.net on Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 08:07:42PM -0500 References: <200203051742.g25Hghi15376@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020305164050.A74189@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020305200742.B80278@databits.net>
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--liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 08:07:42PM -0500, Pete Fritchman wrote: > ++ 05/03/02 16:40 -0800 - Kris Kennaway: > | > Log: > | > Add mkfile 1.0, create files suitable for use as swap files. > |=20 > | What can this do that truncate(1) cannot already do? > |=20 > | Kris >=20 > Hmm, well, I've never seen it before and nobody brought it up on -ports > a while ago when I asked why this port was necessary. One advantage is > that there is an identical command in Solaris, but I'm not sure how > important that is... Personally, I think that unless there are functional differences it should be removed.. Kris --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8hXIbWry0BWjoQKURAnz/AKDkwslqp+rgohGMU0DW7QcTtxtCXQCg2QSs Z/hj7sRg25kMrTyycmQHb+E= =Y8ru -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --liOOAslEiF7prFVr-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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