On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > The reason I'm suggesting using a port rather than having the code > imported into the base system is that it allows people to "opt in" to > testing it, rather than forcing it down people's throats. The idea is > that, when it's proved itself as a port, enough people will clamor for > its inclusion in the base system for that to become a reality. > > Trying to get software imported directly into the base system without a > trial run as a port is almost always a painful exercise (and I'm not > talking about technical issues here).
Ahh, this is a good idea. I have not yet replaced GNU grep on my system with this so it has not yet occurred to me that there might be issues with that. I noticed Jake Burkholder put together a simple port. I'll go ahead and make sure that stays updated. Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message