Re: pkg/37581: more missed tools in USE_TOOLS

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:45:33PM +0300, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
 > > Do we have a package for csh in pkgsrc?
 > AFAIK shells/tcsh is backward compatible with csh.

sometimes.

 > > Do all unix systems come with a csh?
 > Do all unix system come with GNU make?
 > Do you want to rewrite GNU Makefiles for POSIX make?
 > I don't.

I would put quite a bit of time into rewriting gmake makefiles for
bmake if it would help make gmake go away.

The situation with csh is similar except that csh scripting has been
widely deprecated for years and years.

 > P.S.  We dispute about mere trifles. There is more helpful pkgsrc work
 > than reimplementing csh scripts, e.g. pkg/41297.

It does not take much work, time, or thought. The last of these is the
significant part sometimes, especially after a long stressful day. Or
week.

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost