On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:41:23AM -0400, Bob McConnell wrote:
> On Behalf Of Chad Perrin
> >On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >> Unga wrote:
> >>
> >> >I was wondering why FreeBSD wrote their own version of cmp. If it
> just the
> >> >license, then that's fine. I p
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:41:23AM -0400, Bob McConnell wrote:
> On Behalf Of Chad Perrin
> >On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >> Unga wrote:
> >>
> >> >I was wondering why FreeBSD wrote their own version of cmp. If it
> just the
> >> >license, then that's fine. I p
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 01:50:13PM +0200, Ross Cameron wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Chad Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >
> > > You are asking the wrong questions: why did GNU write their own version
> > > of c
On Behalf Of Chad Perrin
>On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> Unga wrote:
>>
>> >I was wondering why FreeBSD wrote their own version of cmp. If it
just the
>> >license, then that's fine. I prefer the BSD versions of diff, etc.
when
>> >available.
>>
>> You are ask
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Chad Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> > You are asking the wrong questions: why did GNU write their own version
> > of cmp? FreeBSD's dates to 1987.
>
> Y'know -- that's a really good question.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> Unga wrote:
>
> >I was wondering why FreeBSD wrote their own version of cmp. If it just the
> >license, then that's fine. I prefer the BSD versions of diff, etc. when
> >available.
>
> You are asking the wrong questions: why did
--- On Thu, 9/25/08, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Why not GNU cmp?
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 3:34 PM
> Unga wrote:
>
&
Unga wrote:
In my past experience, the GNU ncurses and Flex (http://flex.sourceforge.net/)
are simple not compatible with FreeBSD even though Flex is licensed under BSD.
I wanted to know whether the GNU cmp is also the same fate other than the
license because all these GNU tools comes in one
--- On Thu, 9/25/08, Chad Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Chad Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Why not GNU cmp?
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 7:07 AM
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:05:19AM -0400, matt donov
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:05:19AM -0400, matt donovan wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > Unga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have noted FreeBSD uses GNU diff, GNU diff3 and GNU sdiff. Why FreeBSD
> > uses its own version of cmp? why not us
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Unga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > I have noted FreeBSD uses GNU diff, GNU diff3 and GNU sdiff. Why FreeBSD
> uses its own version of cmp? why not use GNU cmp? Is the GNU cmp not
> compatible with FreeBSD?
Unga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I have noted FreeBSD uses GNU diff, GNU diff3 and GNU sdiff. Why FreeBSD uses
> its own version of cmp? why not use GNU cmp? Is the GNU cmp not compatible
> with FreeBSD?
The GNU version of cmp is not licensed under the BSD license.
Given enough t
Hi all
I have noted FreeBSD uses GNU diff, GNU diff3 and GNU sdiff. Why FreeBSD uses
its own version of cmp? why not use GNU cmp? Is the GNU cmp not compatible with
FreeBSD?
Kind regards
Unga
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