Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:59:16 +0300 From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> To: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@exit2shell.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD sdiff Question Message-ID: <20080315135916.GH68662@dracon.ht-systems.ru> In-Reply-To: <20080314231404.GB99765@scruffy.exit2shell.com> References: <20080314231404.GB99765@scruffy.exit2shell.com>
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 07:14:04PM -0400 Steven Kreuzer mentioned: > Greetings- > > I am currently working on replacing the GNU version of sdiff with a version > of sdiff that was released into the public domain and is used in OpenBSD > > Xin LI has been guiding me along with the project and he suggested I post > here to see what you guys think. > > I achieve 100% compatability with the GNU version, I need to add > -v/--version and the issue I ran into is that since this program would > become part of the base os, what exactly should be displayed. > > My idea is to simply print __FreeBSD_version but I am open to other > suggestions. > > For reference: > $ sdiff -v > sdiff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.7 > Written by Thomas Lord. > > Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > And my port from OpenBSD: > $ ./sdiff -v > sdiff (BSD diffutils) 602111 > Written by Raymond Lai. > > This work has been released into the public domain. > Do we really need to display program version on -v switch? BSD has no tradition to keep separate program version, it's just a part of an entire OS. I believe we might just abandone this switch. -- Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE
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