cvs commit [HEAD] src/gnu/usr.bin/cpio Makefile

[Doug Barton]

David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:39:22PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> I've attached a patch which does what I described above for CPIO, and
>> adds a knob to turn off building of GNU grep. When we get to the point
>> where bsd grep is imported into the base system, I would do the same in
>> HEAD/8-current for bsd grep as I am proposing we do for cpio.
> 
> Doug,
> Before changing the default grep away from GNU grep, please have a full
> and wide discussion. 

FWIW, I'm not the driving force for changing cpio, I'm just helping 
with the knobs.

> cpio is one thing, but GNU grep is faster than any
> alternative so far (educated me if other greps are finally faster).

According to Gabor his latest version compares favorably. However, 
when I did some quick tests of his new version the first two tests I 
did were unsuccessful based on compatibility issues, so I'm not in any 
way suggesting that we're ready to move forward on that. I added a 
knob to NOT build gnu grep which will make further testing easier for 
those who are interested.

> Speed of grep is a tier-1 feature.

I agree with you on that, but keep in mind that _if_ we want to ship 
8.0-RELEASE with a BSD licensed grep the default would have to be 
changed in HEAD sooner rather than later. That's the only way it'll 
get any kind of useful testing. Default settings to build old versions 
of critical tools can always be reversed prior to a -RELEASE.

Doug

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