Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:52:38 +1000 From: Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newer versions of gnu diff and patch Message-ID: <20040731035238.GA15249@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> In-Reply-To: <p0611041abd3045fce009@[128.113.24.47]> References: <20040730154011.GA98131@sanatana.dharma> <p0611041abd3045fce009@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 02:41:32PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 5:40 PM +0200 7/30/04, Radim Kolar wrote: > >in freebsd 5.2 i have in base system diff 2.7 and patch 2.1. > >Are there any plans to import newer versions into base system > >for 5.3 release? > > There is an explicit decision to leave diff and patch as they are. > The newer gnu patch is also incompatible to the older patch in > some ways, so it is not a trivial "just drop it in" upgrade. A > new version of patch *will* break some things, and we certainly > do not need that right now. > > What we would like to do is to move to a bsd-licensed version of > patch, which I am supposed to be working on in my copious spare > time... FWIW, I have been running with OpenBSD's version of patch on most of my machines for a year or more now, and haven't had any problems. Tim
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