cvs commit: src/usr.bin/patch - Imported sources

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 08:45:55PM +0000, Garance A Drosehn wrote:
> gad         2004-08-01 20:45:55 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   src/usr.bin/patch - Imported sources
>   Update of /home/ncvs/src/usr.bin/patch
>   In directory repoman.freebsd.org:/tmp/cvs-serv87568
>   
>   Log Message:
>   Import of a BSD-licensed version of `patch', which will  eventually
>   replace the version we currently have in src/gnu/usr.bin/patch/.
>   Among other things, this version includes a --posix option for strict
>   POSIX conformance.
>   
>   This version is the current source from OpenBSD as of today.  It is
>   their 3.5-release, plus a few updates to patch.c and pch.c that they
>   made about three weeks ago.

May I ask why you preferred OpenBSD's version over NetBSD's?  It was
shown in the past that OpenBSD's way of doing thing is a bit rough on
the edges sometimes (humanize_number(3) vs. fmt_scaled(3) and
scan_scaled(3), ftw(3) and nftw(3), etc).

./danfe