Re: pwait(1) added

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Mar 3,  1:58pm, gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost (Greg Troxel) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: pwait(1) added

| I don't really have a strong opinion, but what's the rationale for
| adding to base vs just using it from pkgsrc?  In general it seems we try
| to keep base lean but also self-contained.  So is it "not having this in
| base will cause this other awkwardness" or "all other system have this
| and it's causing portability issues with various programs that epxect
| it", or ?

It is a part of the p* suite (pkill, pgrep, prenice) which is in base.
It only works with systems that have kevent.
It is small and self contained.

christos