Re: package using fmt -w

[Brook Milligan <brook%nmsu.edu@localhost>]

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:35:27 +0200
Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost> wrote:

> I'd look at things a bit differently.
> 
> Heirloom's fmt(1) says:
> 
> > -w width     Set the length of generated output lines to width
> > characters.
> 
> while NetBSD's says:
> 
> >    -g goal
> >           New way to set the goal length.
> > 
> >    -m maximum
> >           New way to set the maximum length.      
> 
> so they both do the same job.
> 
> You just have to work out which version of fmt(1) is being run.

I take it your suggestion is to rewrite the configure script (and
everywhere else fmt is used)?

Cheers,
Brook