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, 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:
In my past experience, the GNU ncurses and Flex
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 GNU write
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.
Not
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 asking the wrong
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 cmp?
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 prefer the BSD
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 prefer the BSD
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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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 time
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?
The GNU
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 use GNU cmp
--- 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 donovan
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