Hello; > On Dec 5, 2017, at 12:17, Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@komquats.com> wrote: > > What side effects? Can you give one or two examples, please? >
Sorry, I forgot the details .. but I am pretty sure there was exp-run and breakage in the ports tree. Pedro. > --- > Sent using a tiny phone keyboard. > Apologies for any typos and autocorrect. > This old phone only supports top post. Apologies. > > Cy Schubert > <cy.schub...@cschubert.com> or <c...@freebsd.org> > The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. > --- > From: Pedro Giffuni > Sent: 05/12/2017 08:40 > To: Cy Schubert; Devin Teske; Hans Petter Selasky > Cc: rgri...@freebsd.org; c...@freebsd.org; Eitan Adler; src-committers; > svn-src-...@freebsd.org; svn-src-head@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: svn commit: r326554 - in head: . > usr.bin/spongeusr.bin/sponge/tests usr.bin/tee > > > On 05/12/2017 11:29, Cy Schubert wrote: >> Why not update sed to create the backup file only if the suffix is given to >> -i, like gnu sed does. >> > > No, no .. there have been several failed attempts at that that cause nasty > side effects. > It is also a rather non-standardish thing to do. > > Pedro. > >> --- >> Sent using a tiny phone keyboard. >> Apologies for any typos and autocorrect. >> This old phone only supports top post. Apologies. >> >> Cy Schubert >> <cy.schub...@cschubert.com> <mailto:cy.schub...@cschubert.com> or >> <c...@freebsd.org> <mailto:c...@freebsd.org> >> The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. >> --- >> From: Devin Teske >> Sent: 05/12/2017 07:35 >> To: Hans Petter Selasky >> Cc: rgri...@freebsd.org <mailto:rgri...@freebsd.org>; c...@freebsd.org >> <mailto:c...@freebsd.org>; Eitan Adler; src-committers; >> svn-src-...@freebsd.org <mailto:svn-src-...@freebsd.org>; >> svn-src-head@freebsd.org <mailto:svn-src-head@freebsd.org> >> Subject: Re: svn commit: r326554 - in head: . usr.bin/sponge >> usr.bin/sponge/tests usr.bin/tee >> >> >> > On Dec 5, 2017, at 5:00 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <h...@selasky.org> >> > <mailto:h...@selasky.org> wrote: >> > >> >> On 12/05/17 13:58, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >> >> Further more, why does freebsd need this in base? >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I think this is useful. It could replace the "-i " (intermediate) option >> > for "sed" for example. It avoids creating temporary files when filtering >> > files, right? >> > >> > --HPS >> > >> >> Wth is wrong with: >> >> data=$( sed -e '...' somefile ) && >> ������� echo "$data" > somefile >> >> or >> >> set -e >> data=... >> echo "$data" > ... >> >> or >> >> exec 3<<EOF >> $( ... ) >> EOF >> cat > ... <&3 >> >> or >> >> (I digress) >> >> Infinite variations, but the gist is that sponge looks to be trying to help >> sh(1)/similar when help is unneeded. >> >> Why buffer data into memory via fork-exec-pipe to sponge when you can buffer >> to native namespace without pipe to sponge? >> >> Am I missing something? Why do we need sponge(1)? >> -- >> Devin >> > _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
