Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:52:28 +0200 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggest to upgrade some software in base Message-ID: <03505AD2-C902-11D8-9FE1-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <40DF1768.4060504@alumni.rice.edu>
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Jon Noack wrote: > On 06/27/04 12:02, David O'Brien wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 04:54:08PM +0200, Divacky Roman wrote: >>> I digged through our base system and looked for versions of >>> contributed soft. I found these program which could (and I think >>> should) be easily and painlessly upgraded (before 5.3 as 5-STABLE) >>> because they are outdated etc... these are: >>> >>> file - 3.41 -> 4.09 >>> Painless upgrade and the benefit is much newer magic file >>> ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ >> Only semi-painless. The code and how it is built has changed around a >> lot, else I would have upgraded it by now. That said, in progress; but >> lower priority than my toolchain work. >> And why does this have to happen before 5-STABLE? I can certainly MFC >> something like this. > > Don't import until FILE 4.10 is released. I've submitted a patch to > Christos Zoulas for inclusion in 4.10 that *greatly* increases the > accuracy of FILE for FreeBSD. As soon as I see FILE 4.10 released > (with my patch), I'll be pleading for an import... Seems like Christos has been swamped by readelf.c patches :) I must admit that I didn't care about 4.6.2... Anyway, 4.09 is an improvement, and the import of 4.10 should be trivial afterwards, so why wait? -Oliver
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