Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:34:05 -0600 (CST) From: "Jorge Mario G." <murcielako@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eliminating GPL apps on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20041218233405.62765.qmail@web50302.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <cq2des$lo4$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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--- Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> escribió: > Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote: > > > Some things already done (but not necessarily used > yet): > > > > cpio, > > The tar, cpio, and pax utilities are basically the > same program > with a different command line interface. A new cpio > could be based > on libarchive. OpenBSD uses BSD pax in different > personalities for > all three programs, like 4.4BSD did. > > In practice, FreeBSD users appear to universally > prefer tar, and > cpio is a little regarded legacy command. > > > diff?, > > OpenBSD has a BSD-licensed implementation but it > lacks features > compared to GNU diff. Notably, there is no sdiff > command. > > > patch?, > > OpenBSD has a non-GNU patch based on an older > release. Care needs > to be taken, because different versions of patch > have (not so) > subtle differences. > > > grep, > > OpenBSD has a BSD-licensed grep that is good enough, > but doesn't > perform as well as GNU grep. Also lacks all wide > char support and > the like. > > > gzip, > > This could be taken straight from OpenBSD. > > > sort, > > OpenBSD has a BSD sort, not sure where that is from. > Again, it's > lacking in the I18N area. > > > tar, > > FreeBSD has its own implementation now (bsdtar), > based on libarchive. > > > dialog, > > Not a standard tool. The last time I checked, > FreeBSD's version > was rather different from the one shipped with some > Linux distributions. > > > gettext, > > I'm under the impression that the CITRUS > implementation is not a > complete replacement for GNU gettext. > > > bc/dc. > > These could be taken straight from OpenBSD. If > there are any > deficiencies, Otto Moerbeek sure would like to hear. > > -- > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber > naddy@mips.inka.de I was about to send this same list also there is a BSD awk the OpenBSD dudes are working on OpenCVS so the BSD apps are out there and ready to use. THOSE APPS WORK In the first post I was not talking about stuff like gcc, just simple user land tools, that can be imported anytime. NOTE: 1. checking the OpenBSD's grep i saw this: Copyright (c) 1999 James Howard and Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav. isnt he FreeBSD's des? so OpenBSD is using "his" grep but his team (freebsd) is not! 2. why not import OpenNTPD? it works too ------ what I was thinking was more a http://freebsd.org/gplfree kind of project. an initiative listining what has to be rewwriten, who is doing it blah blah. it could be like a point of cooperation among BSDs to do the same task P.S.: My C skills are not the best but sure I could start working on something (actually I'm doing it ===== _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com
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